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IN SB0314
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Elizabeth Brown
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AI Summary
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Requires pregnant women receive oral and written notification before abortion that fetal tissue cannot be collected for purposes of providing, selling, or transferring to another person except for proper disposal.
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Mandates attending physicians certify in writing that the physician performing the abortion did not alter the timing, method, or procedure of the abortion to obtain or collect fetal tissue.
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Prohibits any person from acquiring, receiving, selling, or transferring fetal tissue, making unlawful transfer of fetal tissue a Level 5 felony.
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Prohibits altering the timing, method, or procedure used to terminate pregnancy for purposes of obtaining or collecting fetal tissue, making unlawful collection of fetal tissue a Level 5 felony.
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Takes effect July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Fetal tissue. Requires that a pregnant woman be informed before an abortion, orally and in writing, that fetal tissue obtained or collected during the abortion may not be collected for the purposes of providing, selling, or transferring the fetal tissue to another person for a purpose other than disposal of the fetal tissue. Requires the attending physician of an abortion to certify that the physician who performed the abortion did not alter the timing, method, or procedure used to terminate a pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining or collecting fetal tissue. Prohibits a person from altering the timing, method, or
Last Action
Senator Kruse added as second author
1/19/2016