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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1891
(iii) Are expected to die within 6 months.
[20-209.
(a) Before a physician performs an abortion the woman
undergoing the procedure shall be advised of:
(1) The extent to which financial and other material
assistance to carry the pregnancy to a normal delivery is
available;
(2) The extent to which financial and other material
assistance to raise and support her child is available; and
(3) The extent to which assistance from licensed and
regulated adoption agencies is available if she chooses not to
keep the baby.
(b) The Department of Human Resources in cooperation with
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall annually
prepare, periodically update, and publish a list of federal,
State, and private sources of the types and extent of assistance
referred to in subsection (a), and shall distribute this
published information to all hospitals, clinics, physicians'
offices, and other facilities where abortions are performed.
(c) The signing of a document by a person seeking an
abortion indicating that she has been counselled concerning the
published information referred to in subsection (b) shall be
evidence that the requisite information was given to the person.
The signed document shall become part of the medical record.
(d) This section does not apply when it is certified by the
attending physician that abortion is necessary to save the life
of the pregnant woman.
(e) Any person who willfully violates the provisions of
subsection (a), is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is
subject to a fine of not more than $500.]
20-211.
(a) This section does not apply if the attending physician
certifies that an abortion is necessary to save the life of the
woman.
(b) Before a physician performs an abortion, the woman
undergoing the procedure shall be advised of the extent to which:
(1) Financial and other material assistance to carry
the pregnancy to a normal delivery is available;
(2) Financial and other material assistance to raise
and support her child is available; and
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