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Utah Senate passes informed-consent bill requiring ultrasounds; floor adopts amendment barring transvaginal scans to satisfy disclosure
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Fifth Substitute House Bill 364, an informed-consent abortion bill requiring an ultrasound and availability of fetal images and heartbeat 72 hours before a procedure; an amendment adopted on the floor bars use of transvaginal ultrasounds to meet that requirement.
The Utah Senate on March 10 passed Fifth Substitute House Bill 364, an informed-consent measure that requires an ultrasound and the making available of fetal images and the heartbeat to a woman considering an abortion. Senator Bramble, sponsor of the floor motion, framed the bill as part of informed consent and said the measure “requires that an ultrasound, giving the image of the unborn child's body and the heartbeat be made available to the woman.”
The Senate adopted two amendments before final passage. Amendment 1, described by Bramble as a coordinating…
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