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Partial
Birth Abortion
State Laws
Laws to ban this uniquely controversial late-term abortion
procedure have been passed in at least twenty-three states:
Alabama - Alabama, 1997 Alabama Laws
Act 97-485 (S.B. 314)
Alaska - Alaska, AK Statutes § 18.16.050
Arizona - Arizona, Criminal Code § 13-3603.01
Arkansas - Arkansas, AR Code Annotated § 5-61-203
Florida - Florida, FS § 390.001
Georgia - Georgia, GC 16-12-144
Illinois - Illinois, IL Statutes Chapt. 720, § 513
Indiana - Indiana, IC 16-34-2-1
Kansas - Unknown
Louisiana - Louisiana, LA R.S. 14:32.9
Michigan - Michigan, MCL 333.17016 & MCL 33.17516A
Mississippi - Mississippi, Miss. Code 1972, § 41-41-73
Montana - Montana, MC § 50-20-109
Nebraska - Nebraska, NE ST § 28-326
New Jersey - New Jersey, NJ Statutes Title 2A, Chapt. 65A
Ohio - Ohio, Ohio Revised Code § 2919.15A
Oklahoma - Unknown
Rhode Island - Rhode Island, RI Statutes § 23-4.12
South Carolina - South Carolina, SC Code 1976 § 44-41-85
South Dakota - South Dakota, SDCL 34-23A-27
Tennessee - Tennessee, TC § 39-15-209
Utah - Utah, UC 1953 § 76-7-310.5
Virginia - Virginia, VC § 18.2-74.2
All of these statues have
the maternal "life " exception for when the mothers life is in danger.
The majority of these do not include the maternal "health" exception which means
that the procedure can not be performed if there might be health complications.
Massachusetts and Indiana laws ban state funding of partial birth abortions. Most of
these laws are based on the 1996 federal bill which failed to make it into law.
These laws are currently being challenged by pro-abortion
supporters. This has caused most laws to remain inactive until the decision by the
supreme court as per orders of appeals courts. This is not true of Virginia and
Wisconsin.
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