Bill Text: NY S00178 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "woman's right to know act"; provides women facing unplanned pregnancies who are considering abortion with full information and reflection time prior to having an abortion performed upon them; provides a 24-hour waiting period to give women the opportunity to receive information about the medical risks of abortion, alternatives to the procedure, and the unborn child's development; provides criminal and civil penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-20 - PRINT NUMBER 178A [S00178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00178-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         178--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to enacting the
          woman's right to know act; to repeal title 3 of article 25 of such law
          relating to the control of midwifery; and providing for the repeal  of
          certain provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Title III of  article  25  of  the  public  health  law  is
     2  REPEALED and a new title III is added to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE III
     4                          WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT
     5  Section 2560.   Short title.
     6          2560-a. Legislative findings and purposes.
     7          2560-b. Definitions.
     8          2560-c. Informed consent requirement.
     9          2560-d. Publication of materials.
    10          2560-e. Ultrasound.
    11          2560-f. Internet website.
    12          2560-g. Abortion provider website.
    13          2560-h. Emergency.
    14          2560-i. Reporting requirements.
    15          2560-j. Criminal penalties.
    16          2560-k. Civil penalties.
    17          2560-l. Limitation on civil liability.
    18          2560-m. Severability.
    19          2560-n. Construction.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01696-02-6