Signed by Governor Doug Burgum

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires physicians inform individuals seeking an abortion about potential abortion reversal drugs.

Highlights:

• Defines “informed consent” as voluntary consent to abortion by the woman upon which the procedure is to be performed or induced (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that informed consent must be obtained at least 24 hours prior to the abortion, which will require the following, including (Sec. 1):

• The name of the physician performing the abortion;

• A statement that the procedure “will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, and living human being;”

• Information for the patient of the medical risks involved with the abortion and carrying the child to term; and

• Information for the patient of “the probable gestational age of the unborn child.”

• Requires that patients are informed about the possibility of reversing the effects of a drug-induced abortion, but that “time is of the essence,” as well as where to find further information and medical assistance to that end (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires physicians inform individuals seeking an abortion about potential abortion reversal drugs.

Highlights:

• Defines “informed consent” as voluntary consent to abortion by the woman upon which the procedure is to be performed or induced (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that informed consent must be obtained at least 24 hours prior to the abortion, which will require the following, including (Sec. 1):

• The name of the physician performing the abortion;

• A statement that the procedure “will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, and living human being;”

• Information for the patient of the medical risks involved with the abortion and carrying the child to term; and

• Information for the patient of “the probable gestational age of the unborn child.”

• Requires that patients are informed about the possibility of reversing the effects of a drug-induced abortion, but that “time is of the essence,” as well as where to find further information and medical assistance to that end (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text