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Abortion

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Definitions.

Preamble -- Findings and policies of Legislature.

Relationship to criminal homicide.

Circumstances under which abortion authorized.

Abortion restriction of an unborn child with Down syndrome.

Circumstances under which abortion prohibited.

Concurrence of attending physician based on medical judgment.

Considerations by physician -- Notice to a parent or guardian -- Exceptions.

Consent required for abortions performed on minors -- Hearing to allow a minor to self-consent -- Appeals.

Informed consent requirements for abortion -- 72-hour wait mandatory -- Exceptions.

Requirements for information module and website.

Statistical report by the Department of Health.

Refusal to participate, admit, or treat for abortion based on religious or moral grounds -- Cause of action.

Medical procedure required to save life of unborn child.

Medical skills required to preserve life of unborn child.

Administration of anesthetic or analgesic to an unborn child.

Pathologist's report.

Experimentation with unborn children prohibited -- Testing for genetic defects.

Prohibition of specified abortion procedures -- Viability defined.

Selling and buying unborn children prohibited.

Intimidation or coercion to obtain abortion prohibited.

Department's enforcement responsibility -- Physician's report to department.

Violations of abortion laws -- Classifications.

Killing an unborn child.

Exceptions to certain requirements in serious medical emergencies.

Actions not precluded.

Separability clause.

Abortion Litigation Account.

Contraceptive and abortion services -- Funds -- Minor -- Definitions.

Public funds for provision of contraceptive or abortion services restricted.

Public funds for support entities providing contraceptive or abortion services restricted.

Violation of restrictions on public funds for contraceptive or abortion services as misdemeanor.

Notice to parent or guardian of minor requesting contraceptive -- Definition of contraceptives -- Penalty for violation.

Partial birth abortions prohibited.

Remedies for father or maternal grandparents.

Hearing to determine necessity of physician's conduct.

Contingent continuance of prior law.

Public funding of abortion forbidden.