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This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.

This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.

Abortion Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.

This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.

What This Bill Does

  • This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.
  • This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.
  • Under this amendment, abortions provided for mental health reasons require only the support of a treating attending health care professional.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2025-03-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO

Official Summary Text

This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement.
This Amendment modifies the language of the Act by imposing the requirement that an abortion provided to protect the physical health of the pregnant person must be medically indicted by both the good-faith medical judgement of a treating attending health care professional and a Delaware licensed health care professional who concurs with the treating professional's medical judgement. Under this amendment, abortions provided for mental health reasons require only the support of a treating attending health care professional.