Mississippi House Bill 1107 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 41-41-31 And 41-41-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That At Least 24 Hours Before An Abortion Is Performed, The Physician Who Is To Perform The Abortion Shall Perform A Sonogram On The Woman On Whom The Abortion Is To Be Performed, Display The Sonogram Images In A Quality Consistent With Current Medical Practice In A Manner That The Woman May View Them, Provide A Verbal Explanation Of The Results Of The Sonogram Images, Make Audible The Heart Auscultation Of The Unborn Child For The Woman To Hear, And Provide A Simultaneous Verbal Explanation Of The Heart Auscultation; To Provide That Before Receiving A Sonogram And Before The Abortion Is Performed, The Woman Must Complete And Certify With Her Signature An Election Form Stating Certain Information; To Provide That Before The Abortion Is Performed, A Copy Of The Woman's Signed, Written Certification Received By The Physician Must Be Placed In The Woman's Medical Records; To Provide That A Woman May Choose Not To View The Sonogram Images Required To Be Provided To And Reviewed With Her And May Choose Not To Hear The Heart Auscultation Required To Be Provided To And Reviewed With Her; To Provide That A Woman May Choose Not To Receive The Verbal Explanation Of The Results Of The Sonogram Images If The Woman's Pregnancy Is A Result Of A Sexual Assault, Incest Or Other Violation Of Mississippi Law, The Woman Is A Minor And Obtaining An Abortion In Accordance With Judicial Waiver Of Consent Procedures, Or The Unborn Child Has An Irreversible Medical Condition Or Abnormality; To Provide That The Physician And The Woman Are Not Subject To A Penalty Solely Because The Woman Chooses Not To View Sonogram Images, Hear The Heart Auscultation, Or Receive The Verbal Explanation, If Waived As Provided By This Section; To Repeal Section 41-41-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Performance Of Fetal Ultrasound Imaging And Auscultation Of Fetal Heart Tone Services Before Performing An Abortion And Providing The Patient With The Opportunity To View The Ultrasound Image And Hear The Heartbeat; And For Related Purposes.

Abortion; require sonogram on women and verbal explanation of sonogram results before performing of.

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB1107.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1107IN.htm