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2024 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 34. Abortion
Chapter 4. Sex Selective and Disability Abortion Ban
16-34-4-6. Abortion Prohibited if a Person Knows That the Pregnant Woman Is Seeking the Abortion Solely Because the Fetus Has Been Diagnosed With Down Syndrome or Has a Potential Diagnosis of Down Syndrome
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IN Code § 16-34-4-6 (2024)
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Sec. 6. (a) A person may not intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion allowed under IC 16-34-2 if the person knows that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion solely because the fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome or has a potential diagnosis of Down syndrome.
(b) A person may not intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion allowed under IC 16-34-2 if the person knows that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion solely because the fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome or has a potential diagnosis of Down syndrome.
(c) This section is severable as specified in IC 1-1-1-8.
As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.179-2022(ss), SEC.33.
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