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Senator proposes mandatory abortion‑complication reporting; medical students oppose as a burdensome TRAP‑style requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 3 would require facilities and clinicians to report abortion complications to the Department of Health within three business days and publish an annual report; the bill drew questions about implementation costs and opposition from medical students who said it imposes unnecessary burdens and risks stigmatizing providers.
Senate Bill 3, introduced by Senator Greg Garner before the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, would require physicians or facilities to report abortion complications to the Department of Health within three business days. Garner said required data would include the date and type of abortion, age of the fetus, date and description of the complication, patient year of birth, race, marital status, state and county of residence, number of live births and number of prior…
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