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ID H0250
Bill
Status
4/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 250 Summary
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Removes the requirement that physicians physically examine patients in person before administering chemical abortion drugs to determine medical appropriateness and safety for the gestational age.
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Removes the prohibition on prescribing abortion-inducing drugs through telehealth services, allowing remote prescription of abortifacients.
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Includes legislative findings citing health risks of chemical abortion, FDA adverse event data from mifepristone use, and testimony that chemical abortions have four times higher complication rates than surgical abortions.
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Notes the bill is enacted pursuant to a court order continuing a stay of enforcement in a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood challenging Idaho abortion restrictions.
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Declares an emergency effective date, making the act effective upon passage and approval.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to remove language providing that a physician has examined in person a woman to whom an abortifacient is administered to determine the medical appropriateness of such administration and has determined that the abortifacient is sufficiently safe for use in the gestational age at which it will be administered; and to remove language providing that no drug may be prescribed through telehealth services for the purposes of causing an abortion.
ABORTION
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 242 Effective: 04/04/2017
4/4/2017