Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003)
Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008)
PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION; CONSENT (§§ 41-41-31 — 41-41-45)
Section 41-41-45 - Abortion prohibited; exceptions

• (1) As used in this section, the term "abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

• (2) No abortion shall be performed or induced in the State of Mississippi, except in the case where necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy was caused by rape.

• (3) For the purposes of this section, rape shall be an exception to the prohibition for an abortion only if a formal charge of rape has been filed with an appropriate law enforcement official.

• (4) Any person, except the pregnant woman, who purposefully, knowingly or recklessly performs or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in the State of Mississippi, except in the case where necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy was caused by rape, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.

Laws, 2007, ch. 441, § 2, eff. 7/7/2022.

Certification Date: On June 27, 2022, the Attorney General of Mississippi issued her determination: (1) that the United States Supreme Court has overruled the decision of Roe v. Wade, and (2) that it is reasonably probable that Mississippi’s trigger law would be upheld by the Court as constitutional.