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Culture & Conversation Sexual Health
This law was last updated on Nov 19, 2018
SB 13
Failed to Pass
Jan 7, 2015
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SB 13 would require that, prior to receiving an abortion, each pregnant woman seeking an abortion be orally informed by her attending physician of the following and sign a consent form acknowledging that she has been informed by her attending physician of the following:
This bill would require that, at the same time the physician delivers the above information, the physician must inform the woman of the particular risks associated with her pregnancy and childbirth and the abortion or child delivery technique to be employed, including providing her with at least a general description of the medical instructions to be followed subsequent to the abortion or childbirth in order to ensure her safe recovery.
SB 13 would revive and reenact the physician-only informed consent requirement for abortion that was in effect prior to the 2000 Tennessee Supreme Court decision of Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist. In that case the court opined that the physician-only portion of the statute violated the Tennessee Constitution and the entire statute was, therefore, unenforceable. In November 2014, the voters of Tennessee passed a constitutional amendment specifying that nothing in the Tennessee Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion.
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