(a) No person shall perform or induce a pregnancy termination unless, prior to such performance, the woman is informed by the person who induces or performs a pregnancy termination in his best medical judgment of the duration of her pregnancy and of the particular medical risks incurred through the particular procedure to be employed.
(b) Medical counseling of each woman prior to and in anticipation of the performance or inducement of a pregnancy termination upon her, when she is known to be seeking a pregnancy termination, shall be conducted by the attending physician.
(c) No person shall perform a pregnancy termination unless, prior to such performance, the woman seeking a pregnancy termination certifies in writing that she voluntarily consents to the pregnancy termination and that she has been provided with the materials of Section 143.06, has read and understood them, or, if she cannot read, has had their contents explained to her.
(d) No pregnancy termination shall be performed or induced unless prior thereto, the attending physician has provided the woman seeking pregnancy termination in person with the materials of Section 143.06 at least twenty-four hours prior to performance of pregnancy termination, or unless the attending physician has caused the materials of Section 143.06 to be sent by certified mail to the address of the woman seeking a pregnancy termination at least seventy-two hours prior to performance of pregnancy termination.
(e) Subsections (c) and (d) hereof shall have no application where the materials of Section 143.06 are not presently available from the Board of Health.
(Ord. 1357. Passed 2-25-80.)