Senate Bill
to Respect a woman's Right to Choose and to codify legal precedent
Be it enacted in the Senate of Atlasia
Section 1; Title
1. This Act may be cited as the 'Right to Choose Act'.
Section 2; Findings
1. The Senate of the Republic of Atlasia finds that-
a) Access to reproductive care is a fundamental right for all citizens of the Republic of Atlasia
b) That the termination of a pregnancy constitutes reproductive care
c) That the termination of a pregnancy is a substantially private and personal decision
d) That this procedure ought to be made with proper physical and psychiatric healthcare considerations
e) That any procedure directly or tangentially related to pregnancy termination ought to be regulated, standardized, and protected
f) That the regions of Atlasia ought to be able to enact laws past a certain point in pregnancy that regulate the practice and administration of pregnancy termination
g) That reproductive care be provided to mothers who opt to carry a pregnancy to term, including all medically necessary pre and postpartum care
Section 3; Statutory right to choose
1. It shall be unlawful for any regional, local, or national subdivision thereof, to ban pregnancy termination procedures prior to twenty (20) gestational weeks of a pregnancy.
2. Any regional, local, or national subdivision thereof, may enact statute that regulates access to pregnancy termination services prior to twenty (20) gestational weeks of a pregnancy, so long as access to reproductive care, including pregnancy termination, is not substantially impeded or infringed.
3. Any regional, local, or national subdivision thereof, may enact statute that restricts, bans, or otherwise regulates access to pregnancy termination services on or past twenty (20) gestational weeks of a pregnancy.
Section 4; Implementation
1. This law shall go into effect immediately upon passage.
