Ind. Senate Drops 2nd Required Abortion Ultrasound - SFGate
A proposed requirement that doctors must try to perform a second ultrasound exam on women after they received abortion-inducing drugs was dropped Monday by the Indiana Senate.
In the bill on abortion pill regulations, doctors still would have to perform an ultrasound exam on the woman before providing the drugs, which opponents say is a step that wrongly interferes in medical decisions between a doctor and patient. The bill also requires doctors to schedule a follow-up visit about two weeks after providing the abortion medication, but the woman is not required to show up.
Senators, in a unanimous voice vote, approved the change in the bill that would force clinics that provide only abortion drugs to have the same facilities and equipment as surgical abortion clinics
Opponents have attacked the bill’s ultrasound provisions, saying it would essentially require a transvaginal procedure, though the bill doesn’t specify what type of ultrasound must be done.
The proposal faces a full Senate vote on Tuesday, which would then send it to the Republican-controlled House.
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