HIGHLIGHTS as of July 1, 2010
In July, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) allowed a measure that adds several requirements for abortion counseling to become law without his signature. Under the new law, abortion counseling must include the following medically inaccurate statement: “The life of each human being begins at conception. Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being.” A woman seeking an abortion will be offered the option to have an ultrasound and to hear the fetal heartbeat. A provider is also required to inform any woman having an abortion after 21 weeks of pregnancy of the purported ability of the fetus to feel pain and to offer her the option of obtaining anesthesia for the fetus. The law goes into effect in late August.
Read about sexual and reproductive health and rights in the states (updated each month).
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