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2020 Ohio Revised Code
Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure
Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family
Section 2919.13 | Abortion Manslaughter.
Universal Citation: Ohio Rev Code § 2919.13 (2020)
Effective: September 16, 1974
Latest Legislation: House Bill 989 - 110th General Assembly
(A) No person shall purposely take the life of a child born by attempted abortion who is alive when removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman.
(B) No person who performs an abortion shall fail to take the measures required by the exercise of medical judgment in light of the attending circumstances to preserve the life of a child who is alive when removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abortion manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.
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