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public health knowledge through the compilation of relevant data, and to promote the Commonwealth's interest in protection of the unborn child, a report of each abortion performed shall be made to the department on forms prescribed by it. The report forms shall not identify the individual patient by name and shall include the following information:
"(1) Identification of the physician who performed the abortion, the concurring physician as required by section 3211(c)(2) (relating to abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age), the second physician as required by section 3211(c)(5) and the facility where the abortion was performed and of the referring physician, agency or service, if any.
"(2) The county and state in which the woman resides. "(3) The woman's age. "(4) The number of prior pregnancies and prior abortions of the woman.
"(5) The gestational age of the unborn child at the time of the abortion.
"(6) The type of procedure performed or prescribed and the date of the abortion.
"(7) Pre-existing medical conditions of the woman which would complicate pregnancy, if any, and if known, any medical complication which resulted from the abortion itself.
"(8) The basis for the medical judgment of the physician who performed the abortion that the abortion was necessary to prevent either the death of the pregnant woman or the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman, where an abortion has been performed pursuant to section 3211(b)(1).
"(9) The weight of the aborted child for any abortion performed pursuant to section 3211(b)(1).
"(10) Basis for any medical judgment that a medical emergency existed which excused the physician from compliance with any provision of this chapter.
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