| SB 0808 | Medical Tort Created Re: Uninformed Consent For Abortion |
| Sponsor: | HOUSE | ||
| LR Number: | S2791.01I | Fiscal Note: | 2791-01 |
| Committee: | Public Health and Welfare | ||
| Last Action: | 03/18/96 - Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee | ||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1996 | ||
SB 808 - This act would create a new tort action for women
who sustain injury, including but not limited to physical,
emotional and psychological injury which is caused by the breach
of a physicians' duty to describe to the patient and receive from
the patient a signed acknowledgment of her understanding of the
procedure or abortifacient to be used, the expected outcome, the
potential complications and side effects of an abortion and post
abortion care.
CHERYL GRAZIER