LD 798
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Page 1 of 2 An Act To Amend the Abortion Consent Laws LD 798 Title Page
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pamphlet to each physician licensed and practicing in this
State.__The Bureau of Health shall adopt rules, which are major
substantive rules as described in Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A, to implement this subsection.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill amends the laws governing informed consent to
abortion to require the attending physician to provide the
woman with certain information orally and in writing at least
24 hours prior to performing an abortion. It further amends
these laws to require that this information include the
probable gestational age and anatomical development of the
fetus at the time of the abortion; the physical and
psychological risks associated with abortion and the abortion
technique to be performed, in view of the patient's own
pregnancy, including risks identified in a pamphlet that the
Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health is required to
publish and distribute to doctors; and the name of the
physician who is to perform the abortion.


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