2017 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 2: HEALTH
Part 3: PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 263-B: ABORTIONS
22 §1593. Sale and use of fetuses
§1593. Sale and use of fetuses
1. Prohibition. A person may not use, transfer, distribute or give away a live human fetus, whether intrauterine or extrauterine, or any product of conception considered live born, for scientific experimentation or for any form of experimentation.
[ 2003, c. 452, Pt. K, §10 (NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF) .]
2. Consenting, aiding or assisting. A person may not consent to violating subsection 1 or aid or assist another in violating subsection 1.
[ 2003, c. 452, Pt. K, §10 (NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF) .]
3. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class C crime. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.
[ 2003, c. 452, Pt. K, §10 (NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1977, c. 696, §186 (NEW). 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF). 2003, c. 452, §K10 (RPR).
