AB 262

This bill requires a hospital, clinic, or other facility in which an induced

abortion is performed to report the following additional information in its required

report to the Department of Health Services: the sex of the aborted unborn child if

determined by visual inspection, whether the aborted unborn child had a fetal

anomaly, the nature of the fetal anomaly if there was one, and the name of the

hospital, clinic, or other facility at which the induced abortion was performed. Under

current law, the report must include, among other pieces of information, for each

patient the state, and county if Wisconsin, of residence; certain demographic

information; month and year in which the abortion was performed; number of weeks

since patient's last menstrual period; whether the abortion was chemically or

surgically induced or surgically induced following a failed chemical abortion; any

resulting complications; and certain information for abortions of an unborn child

capable of experiencing pain.

Under current law, DHS is required to collect the reported information in a

manner that ensures anonymity of the patient who obtained the abortion, the health

care provider who performed the abortion, and the facility in which the abortion was

performed. DHS is also required to publish annual demographic summaries of the

reported information except what reveals the identity of a patient, provider, or

facility. The bill eliminates the anonymity for the facility in which the abortion was

performed while retaining anonymity for the patient and the individual health care

provider. The bill requires reporting summaries of the information by hospital,

clinic, or other facility that reports performing an induced abortion.