HB 6048 - Emergency Contraception for Victims of Sexual Assault - Michigan Key Vote

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Title: Emergency Contraception for Victims of Sexual Assault

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires health facilities to provide factually accurate information about emergency contraception to victims of criminal sexual conduct and to promptly provide emergency contraception to any female victim of childbearing age who requests it.

Highlights:

- Requires health facilities that provide emergency contraception to victims of criminal sexual conduct to file a confidential report annually with the Department of Community Health regarding to the number of times emergency contraception was administered, without revealing the identities of any of the women to whom it was given (Sec. 20190). - Defines emergency contraception as "a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article, or device that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and that prevents a pregnancy after sexual intercourse," but not including "a drug, medicine, oral hormonal compound, mixture, preparation, instrument, article or device of any nature that is prescribed to terminate the pregnancy of a female" (Sec. 20190).

Title: Emergency Contraception for Victims of Sexual Assault

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