2022 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 34. Abortion
Chapter 2. Requirements for Performance of Abortion; Criminal Penalties
16-34-2-10. Damages
Sec. 10. (a) The following may bring an action for the recovery of damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of section 1(c) of this chapter:
(1) A woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed.
(2) The father of the unborn child.
(3) If a female was less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the dismemberment abortion or if she has died as a result of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child on whose mother a dismemberment abortion was performed.
(b) No damages may be awarded to a plaintiff if the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.
(c) Damages awarded under this section shall include:
(1) damages for all injuries, including psychological and physical injuries, caused by the dismemberment abortion; and
(2) damages equal to three (3) times the cost of the dismemberment abortion.
As added by P.L.93-2019, SEC.8.
