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Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0187

E Relating to health ARTICLE 1 "Woman's Right to Know Act"; requiring voluntary
and informed consent+ before the performance of abortions; requiring physicians
performing +abortions or referring physicians to provide certain information by
telephone or +in person to the female a certain number of hours before the
abortion, +exception for medical emergency, specifying informed consent and
certification +requirements; requiring the commissioner of health to publish
certain printed +materials relating to abortion and services available to
pregnant females, +requiring a toll free number and specifying content
requirements, requiring the +development and maintenance of a stable Internet
web site to provide the +information; specifying certain physician reporting and
commissioner reporting +form preparation and dissemination requirements,
authorizing voluntary +reporting; specifying certain public statistics reporting
requirements of the commissioner; providing civil remedies and for protection of
privacy +in court proceedings; severability clause; providing for supreme court
+jurisdiction over actions challenging constitutionality ARTICLE 2 Conforming a
certain provision providing for public reporting by the commissioner of health
of certain data relating to abortions to the +informed consent requirements;
repealing a certain provision requiring +commissioner rules to establish a
reporting system on terminated pregnancies, +rules adopted not to be repealed
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