Indiana § 16-18-2-96.4 - "Dismemberment abortion"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 16-18-2-96.4 — "Dismemberment abortion", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-18-2-96.4. "Dismemberment abortion"
Sec. 96.4. (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.
As added by P.L.93-2019, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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