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2019 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 18. General Provisions and Definitions
Chapter 2. Definitions
16-18-2-96.4. "Dismemberment abortion"
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-18-2-96.4 (2019)
IC 16-18-2-96.4 "Dismemberment abortion"
Sec. 96.4. (a) "Dismemberment abortion" means an abortion with the purpose of killing a living fetus in which the living fetus is extracted one (1) piece at a time from the uterus through clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or another similar instrument that, through the convergence of two (2) rigid levers, slices, crushes, or grasps a portion of the fetus's body to cut or rip it off.
(b) "Dismemberment abortion" does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember a fetus by sucking fetal parts into a collection container.
As added by P.L.93-2019, SEC.1.
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