New York A 3694: Ensures that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion

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A03694 Summary:

BILL NOA03694 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDiPietro

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Add Art 25 Title 1-C §§2516 - 2516-c, Pub Health L

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Ensures that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.

Go to top A03694 Actions:

BILL NOA03694 

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01/30/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/19/2026held for consideration in health

Go to topA03694 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:15/7 Action: Held for Consideration PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAbsent

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAbsent

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksAye

LunsfordExcused

CruzAye

Go to topA03694 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03694 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3694

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to ensuring that
 women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to
 review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an
 abortion

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York ultrasound informed consent act".
 3 § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 4 title 1-C to read as follows:
 5 TITLE I-C
 6 ULTRASOUND INFORMED CONSENT ACT
 7 Section 2516. Definitions.
 8 2516-a. Requirement of informed consent.
 9 2516-b. Exception for medical emergencies.
 10 2516-c. Penalties for failure to comply.
 11 § 2516. Definitions. As used in this title:
 12 1. "Abortion" means the intentional use or prescription of any instru-
 13 ment, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device or method to
 14 terminate the life of an unborn child, or to terminate the pregnancy of
 15 a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than:
 16 (a) to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the
 17 child after live birth; or
 18 (b) to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead unborn child
 19 who died as the result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma, or
 20 a criminal assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child.
 21 2. "Abortion provider" means any person legally qualified to perform
 22 an abortion under applicable federal and state laws.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07400-01-5

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 1 3. "Unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any
 2 stage of development prior to birth.
 3 4. "Unemancipated minor" means a minor who is subject to the control,
 4 authority, and supervision of their parent or guardian, as determined
 5 under state law.
 6 5. "Woman" means a female human being whether or not she has reached
 7 the age of majority.
 8 § 2516-a. Requirement of informed consent. 1. Any abortion provider in
 9 or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, who knowingly performs any
 10 abortion, shall comply with the requirements of this title.
 11 2. Prior to a woman giving informed consent to having any part of an
 12 abortion performed, the abortion provider who is to perform the
 13 abortion, or an agent under the supervision of the provider, shall:
 14 (a) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman;
 15 (b) provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is
 16 depicting;
 17 (c) display the ultrasound images so that the pregnant woman may view
 18 them; and
 19 (d) provide a complete medical description of the ultrasound images,
 20 which shall include all of the following: the dimensions of the embryo
 21 or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of
 22 external members and internal organs if present and viewable.