A03694 Ensures that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Requires abortion providers to perform and display an ultrasound with detailed description before obtaining informed consent, adding a regulatory requirement on providers that makes abortions more difficult to obtain in practice.

Prior to a woman giving informed consent to having any part of an abortion performed, the abortion provider who is to perform the abortion, or an agent under the supervision of the provider, shall: (a) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman; (b) provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting; (c) display the ultrasound images so that the pregnant woman may view them; and (d) provide a complete medical description of the ultrasound images, which shall include all of the following: the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and可见, 1.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Creates a medical emergency exception to the ultrasound requirement only when necessary to save the mother's life, narrowing the scope of exceptions compared to broader health-based exceptions that might otherwise apply.

The provisions of section twenty-five hundred sixteen-a of this title shall not apply to an abortion provider if the abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.

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