SPONSOR: Aune
This bil modifies definitions and repeals the terms "Down Syndrome", "unborn child", and "viability", "viable", or "viable pregnancy" as those terms pertain to Chapter 188, RSMo, governing the regulation of abortions. It also repeals the term "abortion facility" throughout various sections of statute governing provisions including, but not limited to, data submissions by certain health care providers, licensing requirements for facilities, inspections, and the scope of practice for health care providers.
This bill also repeals several sections of statute relating to abortion, including, but not limited to, the "Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act", which prohibits abortions from being performed or induced in this state except for medical emergencies, administration requirements of mifepristone, the prohibition of abortions being performed of viable unborn children, the 72-hour required waiting period prior to the performance of an abortion, physician reporting requirements following the performance of an abortion, and the prohibitions of abortions after eight, 14, and 18 weeks of pregnancy.
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