Ind. Code § 16-18-2-96.4

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 16-18-2-96.4 - "Dismemberment abortion"
(a) "Dismemberment abortion" means an abortion with the purpose of killing a living fetus in which the living fetus is extracted one (1) piece at a time from the uterus through clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or another similar instrument that, through the convergence of two (2) rigid levers, slices, crushes, or grasps a portion of the fetus's body to cut or rip it off.
(b) "Dismemberment abortion" does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember a fetus by sucking fetal parts into a collection container.

IC 16-18-2-96.4

Added by P.L. 93-2019,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.