A bill that would require abortion clinics to give women information about how to possibly reverse medication-induced procedures did not make it past the last General Assembly. But it鈥檚 been brought back for another shot at passage.
Republican Rep. Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield) is sponsoring , which mandates clinics provide information on how to possibly continue a pregnancy after taking the first of two abortion-inducing drugs. He says he鈥檚 unsure why it didn鈥檛 pass before.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if it ran out of time or what, but we were working on a number of controversial things in the House at the time with House bill 6 and a new speaker so I would assume that played into it,鈥� Koehler said.
He says it鈥檚 possible to reverse an abortion after the first of two pills to cause it by giving the pregnant woman progesterone.
But some medical experts have said it鈥檚 ineffective at best and testified doing that was dangerous to the health of the woman. In 2019, a was halted on account of safety concerns.
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