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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
311.780 Prohibition of abortion after viability -- Exceptions.

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311.780 Prohibition of abortion after viability -- Exceptions. No abortion shall be performed or prescribed knowingly after the unborn child may <br>reasonably be expected to have reached viability, except when necessary to preserve the <br>life or health of the woman. In those instances where an abortion is performed under this <br>section, the person performing the abortion shall take all reasonable steps in keeping with <br>reasonable medical practices to preserve the life and health of the child, including but not <br>limited to KRS 311.760(2). History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 8.

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