HB349 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Apr 1, 2022

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2022

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Charlotte Meadows Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2022
Title: Abortion, Every Mother Matters Act, Pregnancy Launch Program created, resource access assistance offers required to be made before performance of an abortion
Description: Existing law requires abortion providers, 48 hours before performing an abortion on a woman, to provide the woman with a state-produced pamphlet of pregnancy-related services in this state.
This bill would require a physician, before performing an abortion on a woman, to confirm that the woman has received a free resource access assistance offer. This offer would be provided through a phone call to a toll-free number that is staffed by support professionals who would explain available pregnancy-related services to the woman, help her learn about and connect to those resources, and make available additional direct support related to her pregnancy.
This bill would make available substantive services to help pregnant women and parents of young children navigate existing private and public resources to support their pregnancy and parenting, and would establish a process to ensure every woman seeking to obtain an abortion in Alabama learns about those services prior to an abortion.
This bill would also support follow-up services for women after the birth of their children, including referrals to resources in their community and public assistance programs.
Subjects: Abortion

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary