To date, 24 states have provisions giving women the opportunity to view ultrasounds before abortions are performed or offering information about how to obtain an ultrasound before an abortion.
Data includes information from state codes, American’s United For Life’s Defending Life 2013 and National Right to Life’s Guide to State Laws on Ultrasound.
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State |
Ultrasound required. Women must be offered the opportunity to view image. |
Ultrasound must be offered before an abortion. |
If an ultrasound is performed as part of abortion preparation, women must be offered the opportunity to view image. |
Women must be informed about ultrasound services and how to obtain these services. |
Women must be informed of opportunity to hear fetal heart beat. |
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AL |
Yes |
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AZ |
Yes |
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|
|
|
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AR |
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
FL |
Yes |
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GA |
|
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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ID |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
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IA |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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KS |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
LA |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
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MI |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
MS |
Yes |
|
|
|
Yes |
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MO |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
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NE |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
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NC |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
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ND |
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About the Author
Carrie Gordon EarllCarrie Gordon Earll is the vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family, where she leads a staff that provides expertise on a range of social policy topics affecting life issues, marriage and religious liberties. She also serves as the senior policy analyst for bioethics, researching and writing on a range of topics including abortion, end-of-life medical decisions and physician-assisted suicide. As a media spokesperson for Focus on the Family, Carrie has been interviewed by hundreds of print and broadcast media outlets, including ABC World News Tonight, Fox News‘ The O’Reilly Factor, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Read More About: You May Also Like Abortion
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