SB 0034 | Requires physicians who perform abortions to inform women of the link between abortion and breast cancer |
Sponsor: | Kinder | |||
LR Number: | 0241S.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0241-01 | |
Committee: | Public Health and Welfare | |||
Last Action: | 02/07/01 - Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee | Journal page: | ||
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Effective Date: | August 28, 2001 | |||
SB 34 - This act requires physicians who perform abortions
to inform women of the link between abortion and breast cancer.
At least twenty-four hours before the procedure, a physician must
inform a woman considering an abortion about the increased risk
of breast cancer associated with the proposed abortion.
Physicians may provide additional information on this subject as
warranted.
ERIN MOTLEY