Missouri Law Amending Informed Consent Requirement (HB 1934)

HB 1934 would have required the Department of Health and Senior Services to create a video that contains all of the information that must be provided to a woman considering an abortion before her consent would be deemed voluntary and informed. The required information was set forth in Missouri’s informed consent law, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.027. Except in cases of medical emergency, a physician who is to perform an abortion would have beeen required to show the video to the woman at least 24 hours prior to the abortion.

STATUS

Referred to Health Care Policy Committee. No hearing scheduled.

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