104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0165 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Terri Bryant 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 03695 BDA 13719 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0165 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Terri Bryant 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 03695 BDA 13719 b LRB104 03695 BDA 13719 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0165 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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1 AN ACT concerning public health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Ultrasound Opportunity Act.
6 Section 5. Legislative findings and purpose.
7 (a) The General Assembly finds as follows:
8 (1) Ultrasound requirements serve an essential medical
9 purpose in confirming the presence, location, and
10 gestational age of a pregnancy.
11 (2) Ultrasound requirements also serve an essential
12 medical purpose in diagnosing ectopic pregnancies, which,
13 if left undiagnosed, can result in infertility or even
14 fatal blood loss.
15 (3) Furthermore, it is critical to the psychological
16 and physical well-being of a woman considering an abortion
17 that she receive complete and accurate information on the
18 reality and status of her pregnancy and of her unborn
19 child.
20 (4) The decision to abort "is an important, and often
21 a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that
22 it be made with full knowledge of its nature and
23 consequences". Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S.
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0165 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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1 52, 67 (1976).
2 (b) Based on the findings in subsection (a) of this
3 Section, the purposes of this Act are to:
4 (1) protect the physical health and welfare of every
5 woman considering an abortion;
6 (2) ensure that every woman considering an abortion
7 receive complete information on the reality and status of
8 her pregnancy and of her unborn child and that every woman
9 submitting to an abortion do so only after giving her
10 voluntary and informed consent to the abortion procedure;
11 (3) protect the unborn child from a woman's uninformed
12 decision to have an abortion; and
13 (4) reduce "the risk that a woman may elect an
14 abortion, only to discover later, with devastating
15 psychological consequences, that her decision was not
16 fully informed". Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S.
17 833, 882 (1992).
18 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
19 language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is
20 intended:
21 "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine,
22 drug, or any other substance or device to terminate the
23 pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention
24 other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
25 preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or
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1 to remove a dead fetus.
2 "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis
3 of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so
4 complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to
5 necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert
6 her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of
7 substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily
8 function.
9 "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine
10 in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
11 "Qualified person" means a person having documented
12 evidence that he or she has completed a course in the operation
13 of ultrasound equipment and is in compliance with any other
14 requirements of law regarding the operation of ultrasound
15 equipment.
16 Section 15. Offer of ultrasound required.
17 (a) At any facility where abortions are performed, the
18 physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring
19 physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction
20 with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an
21 abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive
22 and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone
23 qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a
24 facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers
25 provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of
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1 an abortion performed or induced, and prior to the
2 administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation
3 for the abortion.
4 (b) The ultrasound shall be performed by a qualified
5 person or persons. The active ultrasound image must be of a
6 quality consistent with standard medical practice. The woman's
7 response to the offer must be documented by the facility,
8 including the date and time of the offer and the woman's
9 signature attesting to her informed decision to accept or
10 decline the offer.
11 Section 20. Medical emergency. The requirements under this
12 Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the
13 physician performing or inducing the abortion based on the
14 particular facts of the case before him or her, there exists a
15 medical emergency.
16 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
17 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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