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36	29		BILL NO. 1553 By: Treat and Jett of the
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45	40		An Act relating to abortion; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
46	41		Section 1-730, which relates to def initions; deleting
47	42		definition; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 1-732,
48	43		which relates to viability of fetus; modifying
49	44		grounds to perform abortion; prohi biting abortion
50	45		after certain time period except under specified
51	46		conditions; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1-734, 1-
52	47		737.8, 1-740.16, 1-745.3, and 1-756; conforming
53	48		language; updating statutory language; updating
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59	54		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	55		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -730, is
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62	57		Section 1-730. A. As used in this article:
63	58		1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,
64	59		medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to
65	60		terminate the pregnancy of a female kn own to be pregnant wi th an
66	61		intention other than to increase the probabilit y of a live birth, to
67	62		preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove
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96	90		the result of a spontane ous miscarriage, acci dental trauma, or a
97	91		criminal assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child;
98	92		2. “Attempt to perform an abortion ” means an act, or an
99	93		omission of a statutorily required act, that under the circu mstances
100	94		as the actor believes them t o be constitutes a su bstantial step in a
101	95		course of conduct planned to culm inate in the performance of an
102	96		abortion;
103	97		3. “Certified technician ” means a Registered Diagnostic Medical
104	98		Sonographer who is certified in obstetr ics and gynecology by the
105	99		American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or a
106	100		Nurse Midwife or Adv ance Practice Nurse Practitioner in Obstetrics
107	101		with certification in obstetrical ultrasonography;
108	102		4. “Unborn child” or “unborn person” means the unborn offspring
109	103		of human beings from the moment of conce ption, through pregnancy,
110	104		and until live birth includ ing the human conceptus, zygote, morula,
111	105		blastocyst, embryo and fetus;
112	106		5. “Unemancipated minor” means any person less than eighteen
113	107		(18) years of age who is not or has not been marr ied or who is under
114	108		the care, custody, and control of the person’s parent or parents,
115	109		guardian, or juvenile court of competent jurisdiction;
116	110		6. “Viable” means potentially able to live outside of the womb
117	111		of the mother upon premature birth, whether resulti ng from natural
118	112		causes or an abortion;
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146	139		7. “Conception” means the fertilization of the ovum of a female
147	140		individual by the sperm of a male individual;
148	141		8. 7. “Health” means physical or mental health;
149	142		9. 8. “Department” means the State Department of Health; and
150	143		10. 9. “Inducing an abortion” means the administration by any
151	144		person, including the pregnant woman, of any substance designed or
152	145		intended to cause an expulsion of the unborn child, effecting an
153	146		abortion as defined above.
154	147		B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed in any manner to
155	148		include any contraceptive device or medication or sterilization
156	149		procedure.
157	150		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -732, is
158	151		amended to read as follows:
159	152		Section 1-732. A. No person shall perform o r induce an
160	153		abortion upon a pregnant woman after such time as her unborn child
161	154		has become viable if more than thirty ( 30) days have elapsed since
162	155		the probable beginning of the last menstrual period of the pregna nt
163	156		woman, based upon either information provi ded by her or by an
164	157		examination by her attending physician, unless such abortion is
165	158		necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant w oman or to prevent
166	159		impairment to her heal th.
167	160		B. An unborn child shall be presu med to be viable if more than
168	161		twenty-four (24) weeks have elapsed since the probable beginning of
169	162		the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman, based upon either
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197	189		information provided by her or by an examination by h er attending
198	190		physician. If it is the judgment of the attending physician that a
199	191		particular unborn child is not viable where the presumption of
200	192		viability exists as to that particular unborn child, then he shall
201	193		certify in writing the precise medical criter ia upon which he has
202	194		determined that the particular unborn child is not viable befo re an
203	195		abortion may be performed or induced.
204	196		C. No abortion of a viable an unborn child after the time
205	197		period specified by subsection A of this section shall be performed
206	198		or induced except after writ ten certification by the attending
207	199		physician that in his the best medical judgment of the physician the
208	200		abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or
209	201		to prevent an impairment to her health. The physician shall further
210	202		certify in writing the medi cal indications for such abortion and the
211	203		probable health consequences if the abortion is not performed or
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213	205		D. C. The physician who shall perform or induce an abortion
214	206		upon a pregnant woman after such time as her unborn child has become
215	207		viable the time period specified by subsection A of thi s section
216	208		shall utilize the available method or technique of abort ion most
217	209		likely to preserve the life and health of the unborn child, unless
218	210		he shall first certify the physician first certifies in writing that
219	211		in his the best medical judgment of the physician such method or
220	212		technique shall present presents a significantly greater danger t o
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249	240		method or technique.
250	241		E. D. An abortion of a viable an unborn child after the time
251	242		period specified by subsection A of this section shall be performed
252	243		or induced only when there is in attendance a physician other than
253	244		the physician performing or inducing the a bortion who shall take
254	245		control of and provide immediate medical care for the child. During
255	246		the performance or inducing of the abortion, the physician
256	247		performing it, and subsequent to it, the physician required by this
257	248		section to be in attendance, shall ta ke all reasonable steps in
258	249		keeping with good medical practice, consistent with the procedure
259	250		used, to preserve the life and health of the child, in the same
260	251		manner as if the child had been born naturally or spontaneously.
261	252		The requirement of the attendance of a second physician may be
262	253		waived when in the best judgment of the attending physician a
263	254		medical emergency exists and further delay would result in a serious
264	255		threat to the life or physical health of the pregnant woman.
265	256		Provided that, under such emergen cy circumstances and waiver, the
266	257		attending physician shall have the duty to take all reasonable steps
267	258		to preserve the life and health of the child before, during and
268	259		after the abortion procedure, unless such steps shall, in the best
269	260		medical judgment of the physician, present a significantly great er
270	261		danger to the life or health of the pregnant woman.
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298	288		F. E. Any person violating subsection A of this section shall
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300	290		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2 021, Section 1-734, is
301	291		amended to read as follows:
302	292		Section 1-734. A. No person shall purposely take the life of a
303	293		child born as a result of an abortion or attempted abortion which is
304	294		alive when partially or totally removed from the uterus of the
305	295		pregnant woman.
306	296		B. No After the time period specified by subsection A of
307	297		Section 1-732 of this title, no person shall purposely take the l ife
308	298		of a viable child who is alive while inside the uterus of the
309	299		pregnant woman and may be removed alive therefrom without creating
310	300		any significant danger to her life or healt h.
311	301		C. Any person who performs, induces, or part icipates in the
312	302		performance or inducing of an abortion shall take all reasonable
313	303		measures to preserve the life of a child who is alive when partially
314	304		or totally removed from the ute rus of the pregnant woman, so long as
315	305		the measures do not create any signif icant danger to her life or
316	306		health.
317	307		D. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of
318	308		homicide.
319	309		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -737.8, is
320	310		amended to read as follows:
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348	337		Section 1-737.8. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Unborn Child
349	338		Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act:
350	339		1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,
351	340		medicine, drug, or any other subst ance or device:
352	341		a. to purposely kill the unborn child of a woman kn own to
353	342		be pregnant, or
354	343		b. to purposely terminate the pregn ancy of a woman known
355	344		to be pregnant, with a purpose other than:
356	345		(1) after viability the time period specified by
357	346		subsection A of Section 1-732 of this title, to
358	347		produce a live birth and preserve th e life and
359	348		health of the child born alive, or
360	349		(2) to remove a dead unborn child;
361	350		2. “Attempt to perform an abortion ” means to do or omit to do
362	351		anything that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to
363	352		be, is an act or omission constituting a su bstantial step in a
364	353		course of conduct planned t o culminate in the actor performing an
365	354		abortion. Such substantial steps include, but are not limited to:
366	355		a. agreeing with an individual to per form an abortion on
367	356		that individual or on some other person, wheth er or
368	357		not the term “abortion” is used in the agreement, and
369	358		whether or not the agreement is contingent on another
370	359		factor such as receipt of payment or a determinat ion
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399	387		b. scheduling or planning a time to perform an abortion
400	388		on an individual, whether or not the term “abortion”
401	389		is used, and whether or not the performance is
402	390		contingent on another factor such as receipt of
403	391		payment or a determination of p regnancy.
404	392		This definition shall not be construed to require that an abortion
405	393		procedure actually must be initiated for an attempt to occur;
406	394		3. “Dismemberment abortion” means, with the purpose of causing
407	395		the death of an unborn child, purposely to dismember a living unborn
408	396		child and extract him or her one piece at a time from the uterus
409	397		through use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar
410	398		instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers,
411	399		slice, crush, and/or grasp a portion of the unborn child’s body to
412	400		cut or rip it off. This definition does not include an abortion
413	401		which uses suction to dismember the body of the deve loping unborn
414	402		child by sucking fetal parts into a collection container;
415	403		4. “Physician” means a person licensed to p ractice medicine and
416	404		surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or otherwise legally
417	405		authorized to perform an abortion;
418	406		5. “Purposely” means the following: A person acts purposely
419	407		with respect to a material element of an offense when:
420	408		a. if the element involves the nature of his or her
421	409		conduct or a result thereof, it is his or her
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449	436		conscious objective to engage in conduct of that
450	437		nature or to cause such a result, and
451	438		b. if the element involves the attendant circumstances,
452	439		he or she is aware of the existe nce of such
453	440		circumstances or he or she believes or hopes that they
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455	442		6. “Serious health risk to the unborn child ’s mother” means
456	443		that in reasonable medical judgment she has a condition that so
457	444		complicates her medical condition that it necessitates th e abortion
458	445		of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avert serious risk of
459	446		substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodil y
460	447		function, not including psychological or emotional conditions. No
461	448		such condition may be determined to exist if it is based on a claim
462	449		or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which she intends
463	450		to result in her death or in substantial and irrev ersible physical
464	451		impairment of a major bodily function; and
465	452		7. “Woman” means a female human being whether or not sh e has
466	453		reached the age of ma jority.
467	454		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 20 21, Section 1-740.16, is
468	455		amended to read as follows:
469	456		Section 1-740.16. As used in the Choosing Childbirth Act:
470	457		1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,
471	458		medicine, drug or any other substance or device to intentionally:
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501	487		b. terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
502	488		pregnant, with an intention other than:
503	489		(1) after viability of the unborn child the time
504	490		period specified by subsection A of Section 1-732
505	491		of this title, to produce a live birth and
506	492		preserve the life and health of the child born
507	493		alive, or
508	494		(2) to remove a dead unborn child;
509	495		2. “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species
510	496		Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth; and
511	497		3. “Grant-supervising entity” means a private entity which
512	498		approves all grants provided under the Choosing Childbirth Act and
513	499		which:
514	500		a. is organized as a not-for-profit corporation in
515	501		Oklahoma and as a 501(c)3 entity under the federal
516	502		Internal Revenue Code, and
517	503		b. does not encourage or counsel any woman to have an
518	504		abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to
519	505		provide her such an abortion or to r efer her for such
520	506		an abortion, and does not accept funds or services
521	507		knowingly from any entity which performs abortions or
522	508		receives money for abortions.
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550	535		SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-745.3, is
551	536		amended to read as follows:
552	537		Section 1-745.3. The Legislature of the State of Okla homa finds
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554	539		1. Pain receptors (noci ceptors) are present throug hout the
555	540		unborn child’s entire body by no later than sixteen (16) week s after
556	541		fertilization and nerves link these receptors to the brain ’s
557	542		thalamus and subcortical plate by no later than t wenty (20) weeks;
558	543		2. By eight (8) weeks after fertilization, the un born child
559	544		reacts to touch. After twenty (20) weeks, the unborn child reacts
560	545		to stimuli that would be recognized as painful if applied to an
561	546		adult human, for example by recoiling;
562	547		3. In the unborn child, application of such pai nful stimuli is
563	548		associated with significant increases in stress hormones known as
564	549		the stress response;
565	550		4. Subjection to such painful stimuli is associated with long -
566	551		term harmful neurodevelopmental effects, such as altered pain
567	552		sensitivity and, possibly, e motional, behavioral, and l earning
568	553		disabilities later in life;
569	554		5. For the purposes of surgery on unborn children, fetal
570	555		anesthesia is routinely administered and is associated with a
571	556		decrease in stress hormones comp ared to their level when painful
572	557		stimuli are applied without such an esthesia;
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600	584		6. The position, asserted by some medical experts, that the
601	585		unborn child is incapable of experiencing pain until a point later
602	586		in pregnancy than twenty (20) weeks after fertiliz ation
603	587		predominately rests on the assumpti on that the ability to expe rience
604	588		pain depends on the cerebral cortex and requires nerve connecti ons
605	589		between the thalamus and the cortex. However, recent medical
606	590		research and analysi s, especially since 2007, provid es strong
607	591		evidence for the conclusion tha t a functioning cortex is n ot
608	592		necessary to experience pain;
609	593		7. Substantial evidence indicates th at children born missing
610	594		the bulk of the cerebral cortex, those with hydranencephaly,
611	595		nevertheless experience pain;
612	596		8. In adults, stimulation or ablation of t he cerebral cortex
613	597		does not alter pain perception, while stimulation or ablation of the
614	598		thalamus does;
615	599		9. Substantial evidence indicates that structures used for pain
616	600		processing in early development differ from t hose of adults, using
617	601		different neural elem ents available at specific times during
618	602		development, such as the subcortical plate, to fulfill th e role of
619	603		pain processing;
620	604		10. The position, asserted by some, that the unborn child
621	605		remains in a coma-like sleep state that precludes the unborn child
622	606		from experiencing pain is inconsi stent with the documented reaction
623	607		of unborn children to painful stimu li and with the experience of
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651	634		fetal surgeons who have found it necessary to sedate the unborn
652	635		child with anesthesia to prevent the unborn child from thrashing
653	636		about in reaction to invasi ve surgery;
654	637		11. Consequently, there is substantial medical evidence t hat an
655	638		unborn child is capable of experiencing pain by twenty (20) weeks
656	639		after fertilization;
657	640		12. It is the purpose of the State of Oklahoma this state to
658	641		assert a compelling state interest in pro tecting the lives of unborn
659	642		children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence
660	643		indicates that they are capable of feeling pain; and
661	644		13. Oklahoma’s compelling state interest i n protecting the
662	645		lives of unborn children f rom the stage at which subs tantial medical
663	646		evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain is intended
664	647		to be separate from and independent of Oklahoma ’s compelling state
665	648		interest in protecting the lives o f unborn children from the stage
666	649		of viability after the time period specified by subsection A of
667	650		Section 1-732 of this title, and neither state interest is intended
668	651		to replace the other.
669	652		SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -756, is
670	653		amended to read as follows:
671	654		Section 1-756. A. As used in this section:
672	655		1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,
673	656		medicine, drug or any other substance or device:
674	657
675		-	SB1553 HFLR Page 14
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701	683		(a) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman
702	684		known to be pregnant ;, or
703	685		(b) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman
704	686		known to be pregnant, with an inten tion other than to
705	687		remove a dead unborn child or, after viability the
706	688		time period specified by subsection A of Section 1-732
707	689		of this title, to produce a live birth and preserve
708	690		the life and health of the child born alive;
709	691		2. “Medical emergency” means a condition which, in reasonable
710	692		medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the
711	693		pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her
712	694		pregnancy to avert her d eath or for which a delay will creat e
713	695		serious risk of substantial and irrevers ible physical impairment of
714	696		a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional
715	697		conditions. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if
716	698		based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engag e in conduct
717	699		which she intends to result i n her death or in substantial and
718	700		irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function; and
719	701		3. “Medication abortion” means the use or prescription of an
720	702		abortion-inducing drug or drugs dispensed with the in tent to cause
721	703		the death of the unborn chil d.
722	704		B. 1. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic,
723	705		hospital or other facility or clinic in which medication abortions
724	706		that use mifepristone are provided shall conspic uously post a sign
725	707
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752	733		in a location defined in paragraph 3 of this subsection so as to be
753	734		clearly visible to patients, which reads:
754	735		“NOTICE TO PATIENTS HAVING MEDICATION ABORTIONS WHICH USE
755	736		MIFEPRISTONE: Mifepristone, also known as RU-486 or Mifeprex, alone
756	737		is not always effective in ending a p regnancy. It may be possible
757	738		to reverse its intended effect if the second pill or tablet has not
758	739		been taken or administered. If you change your mind and wish to try
759	740		to continue the pregnancy, you can get immediate help by calling the
760	741		Abortion Pill Revers al 24-hour Hotline at 877-558-0333 or going to
761	742		website https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/. Additional
762	743		information is available on the State Board of Medical Licensure and
763	744		Supervision’s website, www.awomansright.org , which provides informed
764	745		consent materials under the Woman’s Right-to-Know Act, including
765	746		information about the development of the unborn child and video of
766	747		ultrasound images of the unborn child at various stages of
767	748		development.”
768	749		2. The sign required pursu ant to paragraph 1 of this subsectio n
769	750		shall be printed with lettering that is legible and shall be at
770	751		least three-fourths (3/4) of an inch boldfaced type.
771	752		3. A facility in which medication abortions that use
772	753		mifepristone are provided that is a private off ice or a freestanding
773	754		outpatient clinic shall post the required sign in each p atient
774	755		waiting room and patient consultation room used by patients to whom
775	756		such medication abortions are provided. A hospital or any oth er
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777		-	SB1553 HFLR Page 16
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803	783		facility in which medication abortions are performed that is not a
804	784		private office or freestanding outpatient clinic shall post the
805	785		required sign in each patient admission area used by patients on
806	786		whom abortions are performed.
807	787		C. 1. Except in the case of a medical emergency, a medication
808	788		abortion that uses mifepristone shall no t be provided or induced or
809	789		attempted to be provided or induced without informing the female, by
810	790		telephone or in person, by the physician who is to dispense or
811	791		provide the abortion drug or drugs, by a referring physician or by
812	792		an agent of either physician at least seventy-two (72) hours before
813	793		the abortion:
814	794		a. that it may be possible to reverse the intended
815	795		effects of a medication abortion that uses
816	796		mifepristone if the woman change s her mind but that
817	797		time is of the essenc e, and
818	798		b. of information on reversin g the effects of a
819	799		medication abortion tha t uses mifepristone, which is
820	800		available on the website of the State Board of Medical
821	801		Licensure and Supevision Supervision, and included in
822	802		such information is the Abortion Pill Reversal 24 -hour
823	803		Hotline number: 877-558-0333 and website addres s:
824	804		https://www.abortionpill reversal.com.
825	805		2. After the first drug, mifepristone, is dispensed or provided
826	806		to the patient, the physician or an agent of the physician shall
827	807
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854	833		provide written instructions to th e pregnant woman which s hall
855	834		include the statement:
856	835		“NOTICE TO PATIENTS HAVING MEDICATION ABORTIONS WHICH USE
857	836		MIFEPRISTONE: Mifepristone, also known as RU -486 or Mifeprex, alone
858	837		is not always effective in ending a p regnancy. It may be possible
859	838		to reverse its intended effect if t he second pill or tablet ha s not
860	839		been taken or adminis tered. If you change your mind and wish to try
861	840		to continue the pregnancy, you can get immediate help by calling the
862	841		Abortion Pill Revers al 24-hour Hotline at 877-558-0333 or going to
863	842		Abortion Pill Reversal website,
864	843		https://www.abortionpillreversal.com /. Additional information is
865	844		available on the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision ’s
866	845		website, www.awomansright.org , which provides informed consent
867	846		materials under the W oman’s Right-to-Know Act, including information
868	847		about the development of the u nborn child and video of ultrasound
869	848		images of the unborn child at various stages of development. ”
870	849		D. When a medical emergency compels th e performance of an
871	850		abortion, the physici an shall inform the fema le, prior to the
872	851		abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting the
873	852		physician’s judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her
874	853		death or that a seventy -two-hour delay will create serious risk of
875	854		substantial and irre versible physical impair ment of a major bodily
876	855		function, not including psychol ogical or emotional conditions.
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904	882		E. Within ninety (90) days after this act Section 1-751 et seq.
905	883		of this title is enacted, the State Board of Medical Licensure and
906	884		Supervision shall cause to be publishe d, in English and in each
907	885		language which is the primary lang uage of two percent (2%) or more
908	886		of the state’s population, in print and on the website required to
909	887		be developed and maintained under Section 1 -738.11 of Title 63 of
910	888		the Oklahoma Statutes, compreh ensible materials designed to inform
911	889		the female of the possi bility of reversing the effects of a
912	890		medication abortion th at uses mifepristone, also known as RU -486 or
913	891		Mifeprex, and information on resources that may be available t o help
914	892		her reverse its effect s. The website shall include the Abortion
915	893		Pill Reversal 24-hour Hotline number 877-558-0333 and the Abortion
916	894		Pill Reversal website address https://www.abortionpillreversal.com .
917	895		F. Any person who knowingly or recklessly provid es or induces
918	896		or attempts to provide or induce an abortion in violation of this
919	897		section shall be guilty of a felony. No penalty may be assessed
920	898		against the female to whom the medication abortion is provided or
921	899		induced or attempted to be provided or induce d. No penalty or civil
922	900		liability may be assessed for failure to comply with subsection C of
923	901		this section unless the State Board of Medical Licensur e and
924	902		Supervision has made the information available on the website at the
925	903		time the physician or the physici an’s agent is required to inf orm
926	904		the female.
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954	931		G. Any private office, freestanding outpati ent clinic or other
955	932		facility or clinic that fails to post a sign required in subsection
956	933		B of this section in knowing, reckless or negligent violation of
957	934		this act Section 1-751 et seq. of this titl e shall be assessed a
958	935		fine of Ten Thousand Dolla rs ($10,000.00) by the State Board of
959	936		Medical Licensure and Supervision. Each day on which a medication
960	937		abortion that uses mifepristone, other than a medication abortion
961	938		that is necessary to prevent the deat h of the pregnant female, is
962	939		provided in any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic or
963	940		other facility or clinic during which the required sign is n ot
964	941		posted during a portion of business hours when patients or
965	942		perspective prospective patients are present is a separate
966	943		violation.
967	944		H. 1. Any person upon whom an abortion has been performed
968	945		without this section having been complied with, the father of the
969	946		unborn child who was the subject of such an abortion, or, if the
970	947		female had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time
971	948		of the medication abortion or has died as a result of the medication
972	949		abortion, the grandparent of such an unborn child may maintain an
973	950		action against the person who provided the medication abortion in
974	951		knowing or reckless vi olation of this section for actual and
975	952		punitive damages. An y person upon whom an abortion has been
976	953		attempted without this section having been complied with may
977	954		maintain an action against the person who attempted to provide the
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1005	981		abortion in knowing or reckl ess violation of this section for actual
1006	982		and punitive damages. No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the
1007	983		pregnancy resulted from the p laintiff’s criminal conduct.
1008	984		2. If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any
1009	985		action described in this sub section, the court shall also render
1010	986		judgment for a reasonab le attorney’s attorney fee in favor of the
1011	987		plaintiff against the defendant. If judgmen t is rendered in favor
1012	988		of the defendant and the court finds that the plaintiff ’s suit was
1013	989		frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also render
1014	990		judgment for a reasonable attorney’s attorney fee in favor of the
1015	991		defendant against the plaintiff.
1016	992		I. In every civil or criminal proceeding or action brought
1017	993		under this section, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of
1018	994		any female to whom a medication abortion has b een provided or
1019	995		attempted shall be preserved from public disclosure i f she does not
1020	996		give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua
1021	997		sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon d etermining that her
1022	998		anonymity should be preserved, shall iss ue orders to the parties,
1023	999		witnesses and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and
1024	1000		exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the
1025	1001		extent necessary to safeguard her id entity from public disclosure.
1026	1002		Each such order shall be acc ompanied by specific written findings
1027	1003		explaining why the anonymity of the female should be prese rved from
1028	1004		public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the
1029	1005
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1056	1031		order is narrowly tailo red to serve that interest and why no
1057	1032		reasonable less restri ctive alternative exists. In the absence of
1058	1033		written consent of the f emale to whom an abortion d rug or drugs has
1059	1034		have been provided or attempted to be provided, anyone, other than a
1060	1035		public official, who brings an action under subse ction D H of this
1061	1036		section shall do so under a pseudonym. This section may not be
1062	1037		construed to conceal the identity of the plain tiff or of witnesses
1063	1038		from the defendant.
1064	1039		J. If any one or more provision, section, subsectio n, sentence,
1065	1040		clause, phrase or word o f this act Section 1-751 et seq. of this
1066	1041		title or the application thereof to any per son or circumstance is
1067	1042		found to be unconstitutional , the same is hereby declar ed to be
1068	1043		severable and the ba lance of this act Section 1-751 et seq. of this
1069	1044		title shall remain effective notwithstan ding such
1070	1045		unconstitutionality. The Legislature h ereby declares that it would
1071	1046		have passed this act Section 1-751 et seq. of this title , and each
1072	1047		provision, section, subsection, sentenc e, clause, phrase or word
1073	1048		thereof, irrespective of the f act that any one or more provision,
1074	1049		section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word be declared
1075	1050		unconstitutional.
1076	1051		SECTION 8. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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	1078	+	Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2022.
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	1082	+	Presiding Officer of t he Senate
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	1085	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	1090	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	1091	+	of Representatives
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