Earlier this month, Beshear told reporters about the bills: “We will look into each of them.” Asked about abortion bills pending in mid-March, the governor also said he believed “health care decisions should be made between a patient and his doctor.” HB3 requires that only medicines used in a medical abortion be provided by a qualified doctor who is licensed to practice medicine and is in good condition in Kentucky. Certain requirements must be met prior to the administration of drugs, including personal examination and informing patients of the risks of using abortion drugs. Medicines can also not be sent by mail. A medical abortion, also called a medical abortion, is a non-surgical procedure that is effective until about 10 weeks after pregnancy. It involves taking the two drugs mifepristone and misoprostol one or two days apart. Women usually take both medicines at the same time visiting their doctors or clinics. “It would be illegal for any manufacturer and distributor, physician, specialist physician or any other person to provide any drug that causes an abortion… to a pregnant person by courier, delivery or postal service,” the bill said, according to an unfinished copy of the text. bill on the legislator’s website. According to the bill, abortion drugs can not be given to a patient without his “informed consent” at least 24 hours in advance, which includes the signing of a document “created by the cabinet”. The measure requires that a follow-up visit be scheduled for the patient one to two weeks after the administration of the medication. The provision requires a consent form to include information such as a “detailed list” of the risks and that “it may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion drug if desired, but this should be done as soon as possible” – a a claim that according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists “is not based on science” and “does not meet clinical standards.” The bill would also require the state government agency for health and family services to publish the claim about reversing the effects of medical abortion on its website. HB3 will commission the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to establish a certification program to “supervise and regulate the distribution and distribution” of medical abortion drugs, as well as to create a “complaint portal” on its website for anonymous individuals to file possible violations. of the program. Current Kentucky law requires abortions to be reported to the State Department of Public Health’s Office of Vital Statistics, which maintains certified records of marriage, death, birth, and stillbirth. Under the new provision, the full name and address of the doctor and the age, race and nationality of the pregnant patient will be required in the reports. They must not contain the name of the pregnant patient or other identification, according to the bill. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Opponents of the bill, including Planned Parenthood and the Kentucky ACLU, have argued that the bill would only make it harder to get a medical abortion. They also warned that the bill could expose patients’ personal information in Kentucky, lead to further harassment of abortion providers and waste resources, and burden the state with investigating complaints.
Amendment of a law concerning minors requesting abortion
The law also amends Kentucky law that deals with abortion minors.
Current laws do not allow such abortions unless the treating physician or “agent” obtains “informed written consent” of the minor and parent or legal guardian, the minor is released or if the court accepts the minor’s request for abortion.
The bill amends the law so that only one treating physician, not an agent, can obtain written consent and requires the consenting parent or legal guardian to have “made a reasonable effort to inform” any other parent with joint or physical custody at least 48 hours before giving consent. No notice will be required of a parent who has been restrained on the orders of domestic violence or has been convicted of a violent or sexual offense against a minor.
Emancipated minors and those who have been given a court order will still be able to have an abortion, but under the new bill the court will have to find “clear and convincing evidence” that the minor is “mature enough” to decide to do so. abortion. The court should also consider evidence of the juvenile’s credibility as a witness.
According to the bill, a minor and a parent will both have to present a state identity card as part of the consent process.
In cases of medical emergency, the doctor should also “make reasonable efforts, whenever possible, and without endangering the minor” to contact the parent or legal guardian and inform them within 24 hours of the abortion.
The bill also states that any person who “intentionally or unintentionally performs an abortion” involving a minor without obtaining the required consent under the bill will be guilty of a felony D, which is punishable by one to five years in prison.
