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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1340 Introduced , by Rep. Paul Jacobs 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. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. LRB104 03367 BDA 13389 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1340 Introduced , by Rep. Paul Jacobs 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. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. LRB104 03367 BDA 13389 b LRB104 03367 BDA 13389 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning public health.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
1515 5 Ultrasound Opportunity Act.
1616 6 Section 5. Legislative findings and purpose.
1717 7 (a) The General Assembly finds as follows:
1818 8 (1) Ultrasound requirements serve an essential medical
1919 9 purpose in confirming the presence, location, and
2020 10 gestational age of a pregnancy.
2121 11 (2) Ultrasound requirements also serve an essential
2222 12 medical purpose in diagnosing ectopic pregnancies, which,
2323 13 if left undiagnosed, can result in infertility or even
2424 14 fatal blood loss.
2525 15 (3) Furthermore, it is critical to the psychological
2626 16 and physical well-being of a woman considering an abortion
2727 17 that she receives complete and accurate information on the
2828 18 reality and status of her pregnancy and of her unborn
2929 19 child.
3030 20 (4) The decision to abort "is an important, and often
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6868 1 52, 67 (1976).
6969 2 (b) Based on the findings in subsection (a) of this
7070 3 Section, the purposes of this Act are to:
7171 4 (1) protect the physical health and welfare of every
7272 5 woman considering an abortion;
7373 6 (2) ensure that every woman considering an abortion
7474 7 receives complete information on the reality and status of
7575 8 her pregnancy and of her unborn child and that every woman
7676 9 submitting to an abortion do so only after giving her
7777 10 voluntary and informed consent to the abortion procedure;
7878 11 (3) protect the unborn child from a woman's uninformed
7979 12 decision to have an abortion; and
8080 13 (4) reduce "the risk that a woman may elect an
8181 14 abortion, only to discover later, with devastating
8282 15 psychological consequences, that her decision was not
8383 16 fully informed". Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S.
8484 17 833, 882 (1992).
8585 18 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8686 19 language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is
8787 20 intended:
8888 21 "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine,
8989 22 drug, or any other substance or device to terminate the
9090 23 pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention
9191 24 other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
9292 25 preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or
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103103 1 to remove a dead fetus.
104104 2 "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis
105105 3 of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so
106106 4 complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to
107107 5 necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert
108108 6 her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of
109109 7 substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily
110110 8 function.
111111 9 "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
112112 10 in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
113113 11 "Qualified person" means a person having documented
114114 12 evidence that he or she has completed a course in the operation
115115 13 of ultrasound equipment and is in compliance with any other
116116 14 requirements of law regarding the operation of ultrasound
117117 15 equipment.
118118 16 Section 15. Offer of ultrasound required.
119119 17 (a) At any facility where abortions are performed, the
120120 18 physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring
121121 19 physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction
122122 20 with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an
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138138 1 an abortion performed or induced, and prior to the
139139 2 administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation
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141141 4 (b) The ultrasound shall be performed by a qualified
142142 5 person or persons. The active ultrasound image must be of a
143143 6 quality consistent with standard medical practice. The woman's
144144 7 response to the offer must be documented by the facility,
145145 8 including the date and time of the offer and the woman's
146146 9 signature attesting to her informed decision to accept or
147147 10 decline the offer.
148148 11 Section 20. Medical emergency. The requirements under this
149149 12 Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the
150150 13 physician performing or inducing the abortion based on the
151151 14 particular facts of the case before him or her, there exists a
152152 15 medical emergency.
153153 16 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
154154 17 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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