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Introduced
01/20/2025
01/20/2025
In Committee
01/20/2025
01/20/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
02/04/2025
02/04/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act To Create The Right To Contraception Act; To Provide That The Right To Contraception Is A Fundamental Right, Central To A Person's Privacy, Health, Well-being, Dignity, Liberty, Equality, And Ability To Participate In The Social And Economic Life Of The State; To Provide Definitions For This Act; To Provide A Statutory Right Under This Act To Obtain Contraceptives And To Engage In Contraception; To Provide That A Health Care Provider Has A Corresponding Right To Provide Contraceptives, Contraception, And Contraception-related Information; To Authorize A Person To Commence A Civil Action If They Are Adversely Affected By A Violation Of This Act; To Authorize Any Individual Or Entity, Including Any Health Care Provider Or Patient, Adversely Affected By An Alleged Violation Of This Section, May Commence A Civil Action Against Any Person That Violates Or Implements Or Enforces A Limitation Or Requirement That Violates This Section; To Bring Forward Sections 41-42-5 And 41-42-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorize Physicians To Provide Contraceptives, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Create New Section 73-21-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Pharmacists To Provide Hormonal Contraceptives According To A Valid Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement Containing A Nonpatient-specific Prescriptive Order And Standardized Procedures Developed And Executed By An Authorized Prescriber; To Amend Section 73-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.
AI Summary
This bill establishes a comprehensive legal framework for protecting the right to contraception in Mississippi, recognizing it as a fundamental right central to personal privacy, health, and equality. The legislation defines contraception broadly, including various methods and devices approved by the FDA, and establishes statutory rights for both individuals to obtain contraceptives and healthcare providers to provide contraceptive services and information. The bill prohibits state and local governments from implementing restrictions that would impede access to contraception, and it allows individuals, healthcare providers, and the Attorney General to bring civil actions against entities that violate these provisions. A significant new provision permits pharmacists to provide hormonal contraceptives under specific collaborative practice agreements, with detailed requirements for training, patient screening, and information disclosure. The bill also includes protections for healthcare providers, such as immunity from civil liability when acting in good faith, and allows pharmacists to decline providing contraceptives based on conscience while requiring them to refer patients to another provider. The legislation emphasizes the importance of contraception in advancing personal health, economic participation, and reproductive rights, drawing on international human rights frameworks and recognizing contraception as essential healthcare that improves individual and community health outcomes.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Died In Committee (on 02/04/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1418.xml |
| BillText | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1418IN.htm |
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