Revision: Jan. 20, 2022, 4:34 p.m.
Rep. Folsom, Graf. 11
January 10, 2022
2022-0048h
05/10
Amendment to HB 1609-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to certain provisions of the fetal life protection act requiring an ultrasound examination.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Fetal Life Protection Act; Prohibitions; Ultrasound Examination Requirement. Amend RSA 329:44, I to read as follows:
I. Except in the case of a medical emergency as specifically defined in paragraph III, no abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted by any health care provider unless a health care provider has first made a determination of the probable gestational age of the fetus. In making such a determination, the health care provider shall make such inquiries of the pregnant woman and perform or cause to be performed all such medical examinations, imaging studies, and tests as a reasonably prudent health care provider in the community, knowledgeable about the medical facts and conditions of both the woman and the fetus involved, would consider necessary to perform and consider in making an accurate diagnosis with respect to gestational age, provided, however, that the health care provider shall conduct an obstetric ultrasound examination of the patient for the purpose of making the determination. This subdivision shall be construed to require the performance of an ultrasound only if the provider either knows that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks or is conscious of a substantial risk that the fetus has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
2022-0048h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill construes the obstetric ultrasound examination requirement to determine probable gestational age prior to an abortion.