HB 15

-Requires a doctor to perform a sonogram on a woman seeking an abortion at least 24 hours prior to performing the abortion, unless the woman lives 100 or more miles from the closest abortion provider in which case the sonogram must be performed at least 2 hours prior to the abortion (Sec. 2). -Requires that the physician performing the abortion do the following (Sec. 2):<ul>-Display the sonogram images to the pregnant woman; -Provide a verbal explanation of the sonogram images, including descriptions of the fetus, its heart activity, and its internal organs; and -Provide the heart auscultation of the fetus for the pregnant woman to hear as well as a verbal explanation of it.</ul>-Authorizes a woman to choose not to view the sonogram images or listen to the heart auscultation (Sec. 3). -Authorizes a woman to choose not to receive the verbal explanation of the sonogram if the pregnancy is a result of sexual assault or incest, if the woman is a minor, or if the fetus has an "irreversible medical condition or abnormality" (Sec. 3). -Exempts abortion procedures from these provisions in the case of a medical emergency (Sec. 3). -Rep. Thomas R. "Tom" Craddick is not listed on our vote breakdown because he was temporarily out of the House chamber at the time of the roll call; he would have voted "Yea". -Rep. Drew Darby is not listed on our vote breakdown because he was temporarily out of the House chamber at the time of the roll call; he would have voted "Yea". -Rep. Rene O. Oliveira is not listed on our vote breakdown because he was temporarily out of the House chamber at the time of the roll call; he would have voted "Yea". -Rep. Tan Parker is not listed on our vote breakdown because he was temporarily out of the House chamber at the time of the roll call; he would have voted "Yea".