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ID H0088

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2015

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes requirements for physicians to provide chemical abortions, including ability to accurately assess pregnancy duration, confirm pregnancy is intrauterine (not ectopic), and provide surgical intervention for incomplete abortion or severe bleeding.

  • Requires physicians to ensure patient access to 24-hour medical facilities equipped for blood transfusions and resuscitation, conduct in-person examinations to determine medical appropriateness, and comply with informed consent provisions.

  • Mandates physicians or their representatives make reasonable efforts to ensure patients return for follow-up visits to confirm pregnancy termination and assess medical condition.

  • Allows females, the child's father (if married), or maternal grandparents (if mother is deceased) to pursue civil actions for actual damages and punitive damages against persons who knowingly or recklessly violate requirements in the law.

  • Permits county prosecuting attorneys and the attorney general to seek injunctions preventing violators from performing further abortions in violation of the law, and establishes procedures to preserve the anonymity of women involved in court proceedings unless they consent to disclosure.

Legislative Description

Adds to existing law to provide requirements for chemical abortions and for administering certain drugs in abortions, to provide for certain chemical abortions and to provide a civil cause of action and conditions for anonymity of the female and to provide for construction.

ABORTION

Last Action

Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs

2/6/2015

Committee Referrals

State Affairs2/6/2015

Full Bill Text

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