April 1, 2019 Legislation

Healthcare

Hospitals

Healthcare

South Dakota has a new law making a woman sign a state form prior to an abortion.  Another will allow women to see the sonogram or hear a heartbeat prior to an abortion.  Yet another new law will make it a crime to do an abortion against the will of a woman.

New Jersey has passed a law allowing physician assisted suicide.          Top

Hospitals

California has fined Kern Medical Center $34,650 for leaving a ribbon retractor inside a woman after a hysterectomy.   They did not do an instrument count after the procedure.  A second operation was performed several weeks later to remove it after the woman returned to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain.        Top

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