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H.R. 5032 · 110th Congress

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

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JJR JordanSponsor
72 cosponsors · 1 D, 71 R
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12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman, explain the results, display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them, and provide a medical description of the ultrasound…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 17, 2008

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman, explain the results, display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them, and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus and the presence of external members and internal organs, if present and viewable. Provides for: (1) civil penalties for willful failure to comply; and (2) a medical emergency exception.

Prohibits construing this Act to require a woman to view the images or penalizing the physician or the woman if she refuses to look at the images.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Latest action (Jan 17, 2008): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 17, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.