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LR 303
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1599-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 61, §4, is
amended to read:

 
2. Informed consent. To ensure that the consent for an
abortion is truly informed consent, the attending physician shall
inform the woman orally and in writing at least 24 hours prior to
performing an abortion, in a manner that in the physician's
professional judgment is not misleading and that will be
understood by the patient, of at least the following:

 
A. According to the physician's best judgment she is
pregnant;

 
B. The number of weeks elapsed from the probable time of
the conception;

 
B-1.__The probable gestational age and anatomical
development of the fetus at the time of the scheduled
abortion;

 
C. The particular risks associated with her own pregnancy
and the abortion technique to be performed; and

 
C-1.__The physical and psychological risks associated with
abortion and the abortion technique to be performed, in view
of that woman's own pregnancy.__These risks must include,
but are not limited to, the risks described in the pamphlet
published by the Bureau of Health pursuant to subsection 3;

 
D. At the woman's request, alternatives Alternatives to
abortion such as childbirth and adoption and information
concerning public and private agencies that will provide the
woman with economic and other assistance to carry the fetus
to term, including, if the woman so requests, a list of
these agencies and the services available from each.; and

 
E.__The name of the physician who is to perform the
abortion.

 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1599-A, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

 
3.__Bureau of Health to publish pamphlet; rules.__The Bureau
of Health shall publish and periodically update as necessary a
pamphlet that describes both the physical and psychological known
risks of abortion.__The risks described in the pamphlet must
include, but are not limited to, perforated uterus, hemorrhage,
death, incompetent cervix, retained fetal parts after abortion,
grief, sense of loss, anger, depression, alienation and low self-
esteem.__The Bureau of Health shall send copies of the


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