HB80 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 human life in the womb, which restricts legal access to abortion by establishing fetal personhood.

(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 manufacturing, possessing, distributing, mailing, transporting, or providing abortion-inducing drugs in the state, and prohibits providing information on how to obtain them or creating/hosting websites or apps that assist in obtaining them, which restricts legal access to medication (and,

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, mailing, and facilitation of abortion-inducing drugs such as mifepristone and misoprostol, which restricts access to medication abortion.

"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 strict civil liability for wrongful death or injury from abortion-inducing drugs, creates private rights of action with statutory damages of at least $10,000 per violation, long statutes of limitations, and restrictions on defenses, which restricts abortion providers and facilitators.

a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, or provides an abortion-inducing drug in violation of Section 171A.051 or who aids or abets the manufacture, distribution, mailing, transportation, delivery, or provision of an abortion-inducing drug in violation of Section 171A.051, or who otherwise engages in any conduct prohibited by Section 171A.051 is strictly and jointly and severally liable for: (1) the wrongful death of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug;

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Applies state law to the use of an abortion-inducing drug by a resident of this state regardless of where the use occurs, and asserts personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants to the maximum extent permitted by the U.S. Constitution, which restricts interstate travel and shield protections.

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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Imposes duties and civil liability on internet service providers, platforms, and interactive computer services that host information, apps, or payment mechanisms facilitating access to elective abortions or abortion-inducing drugs, and creates private enforcement actions against them, which further

A person, other than this state, a political subdivision of this state, and an officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state, has standing to bring and may bring a civil action against a person who provides or maintains: (1) an interactive computer service that allows residents of this state to access information or material that assists or facilitates efforts to obtain elective abortions or abortion-inducing drugs;

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