Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1129 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1129 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Effective immediately. LRB104 03620 BDA 13644 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1129 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Effective immediately. LRB104 03620 BDA 13644 b LRB104 03620 BDA 13644 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1129 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning public health.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Ultrasound Opportunity Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Legislative findings and purpose.
17	17	7 (a) The General Assembly finds as follows:
18	18	8 (1) Ultrasound requirements serve an essential medical
19	19	9 purpose in confirming the presence, location, and
20	20	10 gestational age of a pregnancy.
21	21	11 (2) Ultrasound requirements also serve an essential
22	22	12 medical purpose in diagnosing ectopic pregnancies, which,
23	23	13 if left undiagnosed, can result in infertility or even
24	24	14 fatal blood loss.
25	25	15 (3) Furthermore, it is critical to the psychological
26	26	16 and physical well-being of a woman considering an abortion
27	27	17 that she receive complete and accurate information on the
28	28	18 reality and status of her pregnancy and of her unborn
29	29	19 child.
30	30	20 (4) The decision to abort "is an important, and often
31	31	21 a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that
32	32	22 it be made with full knowledge of its nature and
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1129 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 52, 67 (1976).
69	69	2 (b) Based on the findings in subsection (a), the purposes
70	70	3 of this Act are to:
71	71	4 (1) protect the physical health and welfare of every
72	72	5 woman considering an abortion;
73	73	6 (2) ensure that every woman considering an abortion
74	74	7 receive complete information on the reality and status of
75	75	8 her pregnancy and of her unborn child and that every woman
76	76	9 submitting to an abortion do so only after giving her
77	77	10 voluntary and informed consent to the abortion procedure;
78	78	11 (3) protect the unborn child from a woman's uninformed
79	79	12 decision to have an abortion; and
80	80	13 (4) reduce "the risk that a woman may elect an
81	81	14 abortion, only to discover later, with devastating
82	82	15 psychological consequences, that her decision was not
83	83	16 fully informed". Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S.
84	84	17 833, 882 (1992).
85	85	18 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
86	86	19 "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine,
87	87	20 drug, or any other substance or device to terminate the
88	88	21 pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention
89	89	22 other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
90	90	23 preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or
91	91	24 to remove a dead fetus.
92	92	25 "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis
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103	103	1 of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so
104	104	2 complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to
105	105	3 necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert
106	106	4 her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of
107	107	5 substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily
108	108	6 function.
109	109	7 "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
110	110	8 in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
111	111	9 "Qualified person" means a person having documented
112	112	10 evidence that he or she has completed a course in the operation
113	113	11 of ultrasound equipment and is in compliance with any other
114	114	12 requirements of law regarding the operation of ultrasound
115	115	13 equipment.
116	116	14 Section 15. Offer of ultrasound required.
117	117	15 (a) At any facility where abortions are performed, the
118	118	16 physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring
119	119	17 physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction
120	120	18 with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an
121	121	19 abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive
122	122	20 and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone
123	123	21 qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a
124	124	22 facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers
125	125	23 provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of
126	126	24 an abortion performed or induced, and prior to the
127	127	25 administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation
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138	138	1 for the abortion.
139	139	2 (b) The ultrasound shall be performed by a qualified
140	140	3 person or persons. The active ultrasound image must be of a
141	141	4 quality consistent with standard medical practice. The woman's
142	142	5 response to the offer must be documented by the facility,
143	143	6 including the date and time of the offer and the woman's
144	144	7 signature attesting to her informed decision to accept or
145	145	8 decline the offer.
146	146	9 Section 20. Medical emergency. The requirements under this
147	147	10 Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the
148	148	11 physician performing or inducing the abortion based on the
149	149	12 particular facts of the case before him or her, there exists a
150	150	13 medical emergency.
151	151	14 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
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