HB66 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a private civil right of action.

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Defines 'human being' and 'unborn child' as beginning at fertilization and states that human life begins at fertilization, while also defining abortion in terms of terminating a living human being in the womb; this expands legal recognition of the unborn as persons entitled to protection.

(1) "Human being" means an individual member of the species homo sapiens at any state of development beginning at fertilization.

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Prohibits manufacture, possession, distribution, mailing, transport, or provision of abortion-inducing drugs (such as mifepristone and misoprostol) in or to the state, with limited exceptions, so medication abortion becomes unavailable.

a person may not: (1) manufacture, possess, or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; (2) mail, transport, deliver, or provide an abortion-inducing drug in any manner to or from any person or location in this state;

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Creates prohibitions, civil liability, and private enforcement actions specifically targeting the manufacture, distribution, and facilitation of abortion-inducing drugs such as mifepristone and misoprostol.

"Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug or medication, including mifepristone and misoprostol, that is used to terminate the life of an unborn child.

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Imposes prohibitions on providing information on obtaining abortion-inducing drugs, creating or maintaining websites or apps that assist in obtaining them, and adds civil liability and private enforcement mechanisms for such facilitation, including against interactive computer services.

a person may not: (3) provide information on how to obtain an abortion-inducing drug; (4) create, edit, upload, publish, host, maintain, or register a domain name for an Internet website, platform, or other interactive computer service that assists or facilitates a person's effort in obtaining an abortion-inducing drug;

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Defines and targets "abortion funds" that pay for, reimburse, or subsidize elective abortions, calls for their investigation and prosecution as aiding criminal abortions, and exposes donors to liability.

"Abortion funds" means a corporation, organization, government, governmental agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity that: (A) exists for the purpose of aiding or abetting elective abortions; and (B) pays for, reimburses, or subsidizes in any way the costs associated with obtaining an elective abortion.

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Prohibits mailing, transporting, delivering, or providing abortion-inducing drugs to or from any person or location in the state, asserts state law applies to use of such drugs by residents regardless of where the use occurs, and calls for federal prosecution of interstate distribution networks.

Notwithstanding any other law, the law of this state applies to the use of an abortion-inducing drug by a resident of this state, regardless of where the use of the drug occurs, and to an action brought under Section 171A.101 to the maximum extent permitted by the United States Constitution.

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