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Florida · 2026 Regular Session
H0993Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology
Direction
Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
The bill defines 'selective reduction' as an abortion, requires specific informed-consent disclosures about it (including that it 'entails intentionally ending the life of one or more fetuses'), ties it to Florida's 6-week abortion limit with exceptions, and requires patient elections on the topic,,
"Selective reduction" means an abortion as defined in s. 390.011 which reduces the number of fetuses in a multifetal pregnancy by one or more to lower maternal and neonatal risks and results in the intentional death of one or more fetuses with the goal of continuing the pregnancy with fewer fetuses.
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Abortionbans gestational limitsAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 75%
The bill requires informed-consent forms to state that selective reduction (defined as an abortion) must be performed before the gestational age of the fetus progresses beyond 6 weeks unless an exception under s. 390.0111(1) applies.
Specify that, in accordance with chapter 390, any selective reduction must be performed before the gestational age of the fetus progresses beyond 6 weeks, unless an exception under s. 390.0111(1) applies.
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
The bill requires disclosure that selective reduction (treated as abortion) must occur before 6 weeks unless an exception under s. 390.0111(1) applies, thereby incorporating and referencing existing statutory exceptions.
unless an exception under s. 390.0111(1) applies.
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AbortionotherAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 65%
The bill imposes detailed informed-consent, disclosure, recordkeeping, and written-agreement requirements on IVF providers, including on embryo creation/transfer limits, cryopreservation, disposition, and selective reduction, with disciplinary penalties for noncompliance.
A health care provider may not perform in vitro fertilization, including ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo biopsy, embryo storage, and embryo transfer, until each adult patient and, if applicable, both members of the commissioning couple have executed the informed consent form required under subsection (3).
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Status: Failed
Last action
2026-03-13: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill is primarily an informed-consent and regulatory measure for assisted reproductive technology/IVF. It substantively addresses abortion by defining selective reduction as an abortion, mandating specific disclosures that frame it as 'intentionally ending the life of one or more fetuses,' requiring patient elections, and expressly tying the procedure to Florida's 6-week gestational limit (with reference to existing exceptions). These provisions restrict abortion access and recognition in the IVF context. The extensive new consent, disclosure, and embryo-disposition mandates also impose a
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