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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Limited-Service Pregnancy Centers - Disclaimers
FOR the purpose of requiring limited-service pregnancy centers to provide a certain disclaimer to clients and potential clients; defining a certain term; imposing certain penalties; and generally relating to required disclaimers by limited-service pregnancy centers.
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BY adding
Article - Health
Section(s) 3-501 through 3-506, to be under the new subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 5. Limited-Service Pregnancy Centers
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article – Health
Title 3. Health Facilities
SUBTITLE 5. LIMITED-SERVICE PREGNANCY CENTERS
§ 3-501. “LIMITED-SERVICE PREGNANCY CENTER” DEFINED.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, “LIMITED-SERVICE PREGNANCY CENTER” MEANS ANY PERSON:
(1) WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE PREGNANCY-RELATED SERVICES; AND
(2) WHO:
(I) FOR A FEE OR AS A FREE SERVICE, PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT PREGNANCY-RELATED SERVICES; BUT
(II) DOES NOT PROVIDE OR REFER FOR:
(A) ABORTIONS; OR
(B) NONDIRECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE BIRTH-CONTROL SERVICES.
§ 3-502. DISCLAIMER REQUIRED.
(A...
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