To impose more rigorous state regulations on abortion clinics, including expanded licensure and inspection regimes. Also, to require abortion providers to screen women to ensure they are not being intimidated into having an abortion; prohibit "telemedicine" remote doctor exams to prescribe "morning after pill" abortions; establish that the remains of an aborted fetus are subject to the same laws that apply to the disposition of dead bodies of humans who have been born; and more.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To revise a detail related to the timing of "informed consent" procedures required under current law.

To adopt a version of the bill that authorizes civil penalties (fines) rather than felony prison penalties for improper disposition of aborted fetus remains, and revises other details.

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4802, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4440 would repeal a tort reform law passed in 1995 by allowing product liability lawsuits against drug companies for drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA).

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4805 to 4814, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills are a Democratic package dealing with other human reproduction issues including contraception insurance mandates and public school sex education details.

To strip out a provision imposing rigorous state “freestanding surgical outpatient facility” regulations on more abortion facilities.

To create an exception to the bill's proposed regulations on administering "morning after pills" (abortifacient), if the protocols used have been recognized as "safe and effective" in an unspecified "peer reviewed journal".

To eliminate a reference to a particular prescription drug used in abortions.

To apply some of the proposed regulations to vasectomy procedures.

To apply some of the proposed regulations to vasectomy procedures.

To require a physician to perform a digital rectal examination and a cardiac stress test before prescribing medication for erectile dysfunction, and impose the same “informed consent” procedures as those proposed by the bill for abortions, and a 24 hour waiting period.

To impose the same restrictive "life and health of the mother" provisions proposed for abortions on men seeking a vasectomy.

To strip out a provision requiring a physician to perform a physical examination rather than an internet web-camera one before prescribing a "medical abortion".

To add a "grandfather" provision exempting exising abortion clinics from a provision imposing more rigorous state “freestanding surgical outpatient facility” regulations, and also give regulators discretion to waive the rquirement for a particular facility.

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4805 to 4814, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills are a Democratic package dealing with other human reproduction issues including contraception insurance mandates and public school sex education details.

To change references to "the decision to abort" in the bill's coercion screening and patient communication provisions by adding the phrase, "or continue the pregnancy".

To prohibit vasectomies except when necessary in an emergency to avert a man's death.

To require a physician to perform a digital rectal examination and a cardiac stress test before prescribing medication for erectile dysfunction, and impose the same “informed consent” procedures as those proposed by the bill for abortions, and a 24 hour waiting period.

To apply some of the proposed regulations to vasectomy procedures.

To strip out provisions in the proposed coercion and domestic violence screening protocols that require a provider to "explore safety options with the patient" and to provide law enforcement and domestic violence support group referral information.

To adopt abortion facility regulations that reportedly mirror those imposed by Maryland.

To move back the effective date of the bill until 2014.

To allow regulators to waive the proposed changes on regulations for "freestanding surgical outpatient facilities." The bill would define abortion clinics as such facilities, which already come under a more rigorous regulatory regime.

To impose more rigorous state regulations on abortion clinics, including expanded licensure and inspection regimes. Also, to require abortion providers to screen women for ensure they are not being intimidated into having an abortion; prohibit "telemedicine" remote doctor exams to prescribe "morning after pill" abortions; establish that the remains of an aborted fetus are subject to the same laws that apply to the disposition of dead bodies of humans who have been born; and more.