
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on May 9, 2019
HB 2036
Blocked/Enjoined
Jan 9, 2012
Co-sponsors: 1
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 2
20-Week Abortion Ban
Bans abortion at 20 weeks “probable gestational age” unless an abortion is necessary to avert the woman’s death or if a delay will create serious risk to the woman of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
The bill includes legislative findings that abortion can cause both short-term and long-term physical and psychological complications for women. These findings are based on junk science, including a study already debunked by Guttmacher Institute. This bill is unique because it is not tied to fetal pain, but to health of the mother.
The Ninth Circuit struck down the 20-week abortion ban in Isaacson v. Horne.
Codified at A.R.S. § 36-2159.
TRAP Provisions
Codified at A.R.S. 36-449.03.
Reporting Requirements
Provides for civil penalties for violation of reporting requirements.
Medication Abortion Restrictions
Abortion-inducing drugs must be administered in compliance with FDA-approved drug labels.
Codified at A.R.S. 36-449.03.
Parental Consent
Amends parental consent law to provide for a specific department of health form, which must include specific information regarding medical risks of abortion.
Informed Consent; Ultrasound Required
Requires that woman be offered an an opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the unborn child and hear the heartbeat of the unborn child if the heartbeat is audible; woman be offered a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting; woman be offered a physical picture of the ultrasound image of the unborn child.
Codified at A.R.S. § 36-2156.
Informed Consent; Requirements; Information; Website
HB 2036 requires the Arizona Department of Health to maintain a website that describes in detail the “unborn child,” and lists agencies that offer alternatives to abortion. The bill also provides that a woman has a right to review the website and receive a free printed copy of the materials on the website.
The bill requires the health department to establish a website within 90 days of the effective date of the amendment, and to update the website annually. The website must contain links to a printable version of all materials on the website. The website must include the following materials:
Codified at A.R.S. § 36-2153.
Informed Consent; Fetal Condition
Codified at A.R.S. § 36-2158.
STATUS
The 20-week ban provision of this bill was challenged in court. The Ninth Circuit struck it down as unconstitutional in Isaacson v. Horne.
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