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This law was last updated on Dec 20, 2014
This law is Anti–Choice
SB 57
Failed to Pass
Jan 7, 2014
Primary Sponsors: 1
Co-sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 2
SB 57 would have banned abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization unless, on the physician’s reasonable medical judgment, an abortion is necessary to avert the woman’s death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
The bill states that an abortion does not become necessary if the risk of death or a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function arises from a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that may result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
The bill also states that an abortion performed after 20 weeks must be performed in a manner that provides the best opportunity for the “unborn child” to survive, unless in the physician’s reasonable medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk of death or substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function than would another method. No such greater risk would exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which will result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a bodily function.
Physician Reporting Requirements
Abortion providers would have been required to report certain information to the Vital Statistics Branch, including:
Reporting Requirements
By June 30 of each year, the Vital Statistics Branch would have been required to issue a public report providing statistics compiled from all the reports provided by physicians.
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