HEALTH Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment: Provide a Short Title; Provide for Legislative Findings and Purpose; Amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act," so as to Offer Pregnant Females an Opportunity to Undergo an Ultrasound if Such Imaging is Available and Allow the Woman to View the Sonogram and Listen to the Fetal Heartbeat, if Present; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Voluntary and Informed Consent to Abortions; Require Certain Information Be Made Available by the Department of Human Resources; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Reporting Requirements; Provide for Civil and Professional Penalties; Provide for Construction; Provide for Severability; Provide for an Effective Date; Provide for Related Matters; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Georgia State University Law Review

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act amends the "Woman's Right to Know Act" by requiring physicians to offer pregnant women seeking an abortion the opportunity to undergo an ultrasound or sonogram, and to offer the viewing and hearing of such tests. The woman must certify in writing, at the conclusion of her visit, that she was provided such opportunity and whether she elected to view the sonogram or hear the fetal heartbeat. The Act provides for civil and professional penalties for failure to comply.

Recommended Citation

Georgia State University Law Review, HEALTH Consent for Surgical or Medical Treatment: Provide a Short Title; Provide for Legislative Findings and Purpose; Amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to the "Woman's Right to Know Act," so as to Offer Pregnant Females an Opportunity to Undergo an Ultrasound if Such Imaging is Available and Allow the Woman to View the Sonogram and Listen to the Fetal Heartbeat, if Present; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Voluntary and Informed Consent to Abortions; Require Certain Information Be Made Available by the Department of Human Resources; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Reporting Requirements; Provide for Civil and Professional Penalties; Provide for Construction; Provide for Severability; Provide for an Effective Date; Provide for Related Matters; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 24 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol24/iss1/8