28-325 Abortion; declaration of purpose.
28-325. Abortion; declarationof purpose.The Legislature hereby finds and declares:(1) That the following provisions were motivated by the legislativeintrusion of the United States Supreme Court by virtue of its decision removingthe protection afforded the unborn. Sections 28-325 to 28-345 are in no wayto be construed as legislatively encouraging abortions at any stage of unbornhuman development, but are rather an expression of the will of the peopleof the State of Nebraska and the members of the Legislature to provide protectionfor the life of the unborn child whenever possible;(2) That the members of the Legislature expressly deplorethe destruction of the unborn human lives which has and will occur in Nebraskaas a consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision on abortionof January 22, 1973;(3) That it is in the interest of the people of the Stateof Nebraska that every precaution be taken to insure the protection of everyviable unborn child being aborted, and every precaution be taken to providelife-supportive procedures to insure the unborn child its continued life afterits abortion;(4) That currently this state is prevented from providingadequate legal remedies to protect the life, health, and welfare of pregnantwomen and unborn human life;(5) That it is in the interest of the people of the Stateof Nebraska to maintain accurate statistical data to aid in providing propermaternal health regulations and education;(6) That theexisting standard of care for preabortion screening and counseling is notalways adequate to protect the health needs of women;(7) That clarifying theminimum standard of care for preabortion screening and counseling in statuteis a practical means of protecting the well-being of women and may betterensure that abortion doctors are sufficiently aware of each patient's riskprofile so they may give each patient a well-informed medical opinion regardingher unique case; and(8) That providing right to redress against nonphysicians who performillegal abortions or encourage self-abortions is an important means of protectingwomen's health. SourceLaws 1977, LB 38, § 40; Laws 1997, LB 23, § 1; Laws 2010, LB594, § 2.Effective Date: July 15, 2010