Buddy Carter voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement
Vote to pass a bill requiring the offering of an ultrasound before an abortion can be performed.
- Requires the doctor who is to perform an abortion to inform the patient how to obtain a list of facilities that provide ultrasounds for free (sec. 3). - Requires that if a woman elects to have an abortion, she must be offered the opportunity to view the fetal image and hear the fetal heartbeat if present (sec. 3). - Requires the woman to certify in writing that she was provided with the opportunity for an ultrasound and whether or not she elected to view it or listen to the fetal heartbeat (sec. 3).
Title: Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.