H1573 Exceptions to the Limitation on Termination of Pregnancies

↑Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Changes the life-and-health exception from requiring certification by two physicians to one physician, and removes the third-trimester limit on the fatal-fetal-abnormality exception, so more abortions after six weeks become legally available under the exceptions.

A physician determines Two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, the termination of the pregnancy is necessary to save or prolong the pregnant woman's life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment or morbidity of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition.

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↑Expands abortion access model confidence 85%

Removes the third-trimester limit on the fatal-fetal-abnormality exception to the six-week ban, so abortions after the third trimester become legally available when a fatal fetal abnormality is diagnosed.

The pregnancy has not progressed to the third trimester and two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, the fetus has a fatal fetal abnormality.

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