BILL REQ. #:  S-0940.1 

Read first time 02/09/2005.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to reporting of pregnancy terminations; and adding a new section to chapter 9.02 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 9.02 RCW to read as follows:
     Each hospital and facility where lawful induced abortions are performed during the first, second, or third trimester of pregnancy shall, on forms prescribed and supplied by the secretary of health, report to the department of health during the following month the number and dates of induced abortions performed during the previous month, giving for each abortion the age of the patient, geographic location of patient's residence, patient's previous pregnancy history, the duration of the pregnancy, the method of abortion, any complications, such as perforations, infections, and incomplete evacuations, and the name of the physician or physicians performing or participating in the abortion. A copy of the report shall be delivered to the birth mother and, if available at the time, the biological father. Reports must then be kept on file by the department of health for two biennia.