HB2301: Abortion; informed consent thereto shall include determination by physician.

Chief Patron

Mark Cole (R-88)
Fredericksburg, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Informed consent to an abortion. Provides that informed consent to an abortion shall include a determination by a physician, who shall neither perform the abortion nor gain financially by the performance of the abortion, of the viability of the pregnancy as indicated by the presence of a fetal sac within the uterus and of fetal cardiac activity.

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Comments

Opal Stroup writes:

There is no reason that this determination cannot be made by the physician performing the abortion. This is simply another attempt to delay the patients access to an abortion. Mr. Cole is simply trying to enforce his beliefs on others.

Posted 18 months ago. #

Jan Cornell writes:

So the women has to go to yet ANOTHER doctor? And pay for that privilege? Why?

I see the usual wingnuts are out in full force trying to force their idealogy on the rest of us normal folks.
Unbelievable.

Posted 18 months ago. #

Dan Kachur writes:

Honestly, where is the smoke-filled room filled with anti-choice nuts who are brainstorming inane ways to limit abortion access? Where do they keep coming up with this crap?

Posted 18 months ago. #

Cory Capron writes:

I'm all for informing a patient of other options and other reasonable preliminary steps. But the more you stall an abortion, the more time the embryo will develop before it is aborted. Anyone against late term abortions should keep that in mind when addressing bills like this one.

Posted 17 months ago. #