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Senate moves to replace outdated abortion counseling video with an information module and enforcement provisions
Summary
First Substitute Senate Bill 118 would replace a decades‑old Department of Health video with an updateable information module, require clinics to ensure a patient viewed the module at least 72 hours before a procedure, and create an enforcement mechanism; sponsor said the change imposes no new requirements and preserves medical exceptions.
Senators considered First Substitute Senate Bill 118, which would modernize the Department of Health’s written/video counseling requirement by replacing an outdated 1980s video with an electronic information module that can be updated and reviewed by the Health and Human Services Interim Committee.
Sponsor Senator Weiler said the module is less expensive to produce than a new video and easier to update if the law changes. The bill would generally require a woman seeking an abortion to…
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