Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that amends state abortion laws.

Highlights:

• Requires abortions be performed in a hospital, with certain exceptions (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits licensing abortion clinics after May 2, 2023 but allows licensing of certain clinics for providing abortions if the clinic meets certain standards (Sec. 2).

• Amends previous law to remove certain references to abortion clinics (Sec. 4).

• Establishes the act of inducing or performing an abortion contrary to statutory requirements as unprofessional conduct for physicians and other health care workers (Sec. 7).

• Amends provisions that determine what constitutes a medical emergency in relation to an abortion and amends the conditions under which an abortion may be performed to protect the life of health of the pregnant individual (Sec. 16).

• Prohibits the ability to recieve an abortion due to rape or incest after 18 weeks pregnancy and specifies physicians or medical professionals found to have violated as guilty of a second degree felony (Sec.16).

• Amends language related to medical defects of a fetus (Sec. 17).

• Repeals previous state statute that established an abortion prohibition after 18 weeks to allow for emergency situations necessary to save the life of the pregnant individual (Sec. 17).

• Requires a physician to in cases of diagnosis of fetal abnormality, give notice of the availability of perniatl hospice and perniatal palliative care services as an alternative to abortion (Sec. 17).

• Requires equal treatment and medical options for minors who become pregnant and individuals who become pregnant as the result of rape or incest (Sec. 20).

• Establishes state regulations for abortion drugs and specifies the act of pescribing abortion drugs as a criminal offense (Sec. 27).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends state abortion laws.

Highlights:

• Requires abortions be performed in a hospital, with certain exceptions (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits licensing abortion clinics after May 2, 2023 but allows licensing of certain clinics for providing abortions if the clinic meets certain standards (Sec. 2).

• Amends previous law to remove certain references to abortion clinics (Sec. 4).

• Establishes the act of inducing or performing an abortion contrary to statutory requirements as unprofessional conduct for physicians and other health care workers (Sec. 7).

• Amends provisions that determine what constitutes a medical emergency in relation to an abortion and amends the conditions under which an abortion may be performed to protect the life of health of the pregnant individual (Sec. 16).

• Prohibits the ability to recieve an abortion due to rape or incest after 18 weeks pregnancy and specifies physicians or medical professionals found to have violated as guilty of a second degree felony (Sec.16).

• Amends language related to medical defects of a fetus (Sec. 17).

• Repeals previous state statute that established an abortion prohibition after 18 weeks to allow for emergency situations necessary to save the life of the pregnant individual (Sec. 17).

• Requires a physician to in cases of diagnosis of fetal abnormality, give notice of the availability of perniatl hospice and perniatal palliative care services as an alternative to abortion (Sec. 17).

• Requires equal treatment and medical options for minors who become pregnant and individuals who become pregnant as the result of rape or incest (Sec. 20).

• Establishes state regulations for abortion drugs and specifies the act of pescribing abortion drugs as a criminal offense (Sec. 27).

Full Bill Text