2002 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 581

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1168
Sponsored By:
Senators Haines, Colburn, Ferguson, Dyson, DeGrange, Hafer, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Mooney, Munson, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled:
Women's Health Protection Act

Synopsis:

Defining voluntary and informed consent for an abortion; requiring a physician performing an abortion or a referring physician to provide a woman seeking an abortion with information about the availability of materials that contain information about alternatives to abortion within a specified time frame; exempting women pregnant as the result of rape from being told about the availability of materials that contain information about alternatives to abortion; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/1
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/13
Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 9
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Sandra Schrader, District 13
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ABORTION
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
DISCIPLINE
DISCLOSURE
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION
SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
WOMEN
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 20-211 , 20-212 , 20-213 )
Health Occupations
( 14-404 , 14-404 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered