
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Mar 23, 2018
This law is Anti–Choice
HB 1892
Proposed
Jan 25, 2018
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 1
HB 1892 would prohibit all abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, except in the case of a medical emergency.
A fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks of pregnancy—two weeks after a woman’s first missed period—and well before many women even realize that they are pregnant.
The bill would require a physician to first determine whether the fetus the pregnant person is carrying has a detectable heartbeat. An ultrasound would be required to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat.
If a fetal heartbeat is detected, the physician would be prohibited from performing an abortion unless there is a medical emergency. If such an emergency exists and the fetus has not attained viability, the performing physician would need to licensed or certified. If such an emergency exists and the fetus is viable, the bill would require the performing physician to be licensed and the abortion procedure to be performed in a licensed hospital.
The person who determines the presence or absence of a fetal heartbeat would be required to
The person who performs the ultrasound for the presence of a fetal heartbeat would be required to offer the pregnant person the option to view or hear the fetal heartbeat.
A physician who performs an abortion or attempts to procure a miscarriage after the detection of a fetal heartbeat and before or during viability under the medical emergency exception would be required to declare the following in a written statement to be placed in the patient’s medical records:
A physician who performs an abortion or attempts to procure a miscarriage prior to determining a fetal heartbeat due to a medical emergency would be required to note the following in the patient’s medical records:
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