Abortion; informed written consent, newborn safety devices.

Also relevant to:Reproductive-age person

Where it is in the process

Plain-English Summary

Provision of abortion; informed written consent; newborn safety devices. Requires the physician or advanced practice registered nurse authorized to perform an abortion, induction, or termination to provide certain written information regarding newborn safety devices for the purposes of effectuating a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the abortion, induction, or termination. The bill directs the Department of Health to publish by October 1, 2026, in English and in each language t…

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 18, 2026

Who it affects

Reproductive-age person

Requires additional written information regarding newborn safety devices to be provided to pregnant individuals seeking an abortion, induction, or termination, as part of the informed written consent process.

AI-extracted

Who This AffectsAI analysis

Reproductive-age persondirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Requires additional written information regarding newborn safety devices to be provided to pregnant individuals seeking an abortion, induction, or termination, as part of the informed written consent process.
“Requires the physician or advanced practice registered nurse authorized to perform an abortion, induction, or termination to provide certain written information regarding newborn safety devices for the purposes of effectuating a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the abortion, induction, or termination.”· Provision of abortion; informed written consent; newborn safety devices.

What the Bill Does

Requires physicians and APRNs performing abortions to provide written information about newborn safety devices.
This information is part of the informed written consent process for abortions.
The Department of Health must publish this information in English and other languages by October 1, 2026.

Votes

Read full bill text →↓ Why am I seeing this?

Want updates?

Get notified when VA HB542 moves stage

Pick a channel below. Every option is opt-in, and we tell you exactly what we store.

Email

Identified

We store your email address and the bill ID. We'll send a confirmation link first; alerts only start after you click it. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe.

Coming soon

RSS feed· Atom 1.0 + JSON Feed per bill
Bluesky· follow a CivicRadar bot post per status change
Telegram· channel or DM via bot
Discord· channel webhook
WhatsApp· via WhatsApp Business
SMS· via Twilio