ND HB1456

Requires individuals to determine, in accordance with standard medical practice, whether an unborn child has a detectable heartbeat before performing an abortion, except in medical emergencies.

Prohibits knowingly performing an abortion on a pregnant woman with a detected fetal heartbeat, with exceptions for medical procedures necessary to prevent the pregnant woman's death or serious irreversible bodily impairment.

Establishes a class C felony for willfully performing an abortion in violation of the heartbeat detection requirement; the pregnant woman cannot be prosecuted for the violation or conspiracy.

Requires physicians performing abortion procedures due to medical emergency to document in writing, under penalty of perjury, the medical condition necessitating the procedure and maintain records for at least seven years.

Adds failure to determine fetal heartbeat prior to abortion as grounds for physician disciplinary action under North Dakota Century Code section 43-17-31.