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Requiring disclaimers or signs for Unlicensed Pregnancy Centers.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-
IN THE CITY COUNCIL: ___________, 2022
AN ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE VI TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 6, CONCERNING DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PRACTICES OF LIMITED SERVICES PREGNANCY CENTERS AND AMENDING SECTION 1-11(b) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE
Be it ordained by the City Council, in session assembled, that the following provisions are added to Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Somerville:
ARTICLE VI. DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PRACTICES OF LIMITED SERVICES PREGNANCY CENTERS
SEC. 6-___. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply to this article:
(1) "Abortion" means the termination of a pregnancy for purposes other than producing a live birth. "Abortion" includes, but is not limited to, a termination of a pregnancy using pharmacological agents;
(2) "Client" means an individual who is inquiring about or seeking services at a pregnancy services center;
(3) "Clinical laboratory services" means the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, biophysical, cytological or pathological examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of obtaining information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease or the assessment of a health condition;
(4) "Emergency contraception" means one or more prescription drugs (A) used separately or in combination for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, (B) administered to or self-administered by a patient within a medically recommended amount of time after sexual intercourse, (C) dispensed for such purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice, and (D) determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be safe for such purpose;
(5) "Health information" means any oral or written information in any form or medium that relates to health insurance or the past, present or future physi...
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