S0870 Termination of Pregnancies

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%

Revises and retains exceptions for life-saving or health-preserving terminations and fatal fetal abnormalities (removing the third-trimester limit on the latter), while deleting the rape/incest/human-trafficking exception, resulting in a net narrower set of circumstances for post-viability abortions

unless one of the following conditions is met: (a) Two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, the termination of the pregnancy is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition. (b) The physician certifies in writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, there is a medical necessity for legitimate emergency medical procedures for termination of the pregnancy to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a series

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