Senate Bill 406 mandates that hospitals, clinics, and other facilities performing induced abortions in Wisconsin report additional information in their annual reports to the Department of Health Services (DHS). The bill specifies that, in addition to existing reporting requirements, facilities must include the sex of the aborted unborn child if determinable by visual inspection, as well as whether the aborted child had a fetal anomaly and the nature of that anomaly. Furthermore, the bill requires DHS to incorporate this information into the existing birth defect registry.

The bill also amends several sections of current law to reflect these changes. It creates new subsections that outline the reporting of the sex and fetal anomalies of aborted unborn children and modifies existing language to include unborn children with fetal anomalies in the registry. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for the registry to document risk factors for fetal anomalies and to incorporate the newly reported information into analyses derived from the registry.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 253.12(3)(a)1.(intro.), 253.12, 253.12(3)(a)1.a, 253.12(4)(a)