Year: 2015
Resolution Number: 36
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: Complete
Author(s): Anthony Kraus
Sponsor: Peter T. Muller, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS formally petition the Michigan Department of Community Health to update their website with relevant contact information (e.g., phone number, addresses, etc.) in order to clarify the availability of services that may be of interest to pregnant women such as:• public agencies to assist the patient during her pregnancy and after the birth of her child, should she choose to give birth and maintain custody of her child• public agencies to assist the patient in placing her child in an adoptive or foster home, should she choose to give birth but not maintain custody of her child• public agencies to assist the patient and provide counseling should she experience subsequent adverse psychological effects from the abortion which corresponds to the requirements of Public Act 345 of 2000, Section 17015 (11) (v)-(vii); and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS request that the Michigan Department of Community Health amend the reference to free ultrasounds from the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Informed Consent for Abortion Webpage to indicate that obtaining such an ultrasound is not a required portion of the informed consent process.
RESOLVED: That MSMS formally petition the Michigan Department of Community Health to update their website with relevant contact information (e.g., phone number, addresses, etc.) in order to clarify the availability of services that may be of interest to pregnant women such as:• public agencies to assist the patient during her pregnancy and after the birth of her child, should she choose to give birth and maintain custody of her child• public agencies to assist the patient in placing her child in an adoptive or foster home, should she choose to give birth but not maintain custody of her child• public agencies to assist the patient and provide counseling should she experience subsequent adverse psychological effects from the abortion which corresponds to the requirements of Public Act 345 of 2000, Section 17015 (11) (v)-(vii); and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS request that the Michigan Department of Community Health amend the reference to free ultrasounds from the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Informed Consent for Abortion Webpage to indicate that obtaining such an ultrasound is not a required portion of the informed consent process.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Compliance with Michigan’s Informed Consent for Abortion Law
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