New York A05161 amends the public health law to provide pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing.

New York A05161 amends the public health law to provide pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion. Health care practitioners must inform patients considering an abortion about the alternatives to abortions, including sedated birth and perinatal hospice. Sedated birth involves a procedure where a pregnant person receives general anesthesia and medical interventions to induce labor and delivery, while medical interventions are not taken to stop the heartbeat or otherwise end the life of the fetus.

New York A05161 amends the public health law to provide pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing.

New York A05161 amends the public health law to provide pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion. Health care practitioners must inform patients considering an abortion about the alternatives to abortions, including sedated birth and perinatal hospice. Sedated birth involves a procedure where a pregnant person receives general anesthesia and medical interventions to induce labor and delivery, while medical interventions are not taken to stop the heartbeat or otherwise end the life of the fetus.