3.0.0 3388 2022-02-08T23:15:13Z 2022-02-08T23:15:13Z Senate S 2020-03-04 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-04T16:54:17Z Woman’s Right To Know Act 116 6077 HR 2020-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2020-03-04 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2020-03-04 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2020-03-04 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2020-03-04 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2020-03-04 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-03-04 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2020-03-09 False Health Abortion Civil actions and liability Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Lawyers and legal services Women's health Health 00 2020-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-26T16:43:37Z Woman's Right To Know Act

This bill specifies requirements for informed consent that health care providers must obtain before performing an abortion procedure.

Providers must present a woman seeking an abortion with an authorization form at least 24 hours before performing the procedure. The form must (1) include specified information concerning gestational age, associated developmental characteristics, and medical risks; (2) disclose penalties that providers may face for failing to obtain the requisite informed consent; and (3) include an affirmation that the individual signing the form understands the information. The form must be signed and witnessed in person and retained in the medical file.

Providers do not have to obtain such consent if, in reasonable medical judgment, obtaining it would pose a greater risk of death or substantial physical impairment of a major bodily function, excluding psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman.

The bill also establishes civil penalties for providers who do not comply with these requirements.

]]> Woman’s Right To Know Act Display Title Woman’s Right To Know Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Woman’s Right To Know Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are informed of the medical risks associated with the abortion procedure and the major developmental characteristics of the unborn child, before giving their informed consent to receive an abortion. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3388is/xml/BILLS-116s3388is.xml 2020-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.