Indiana § 34-12-1-1 - Failure to abort; negligence action; damages
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 34-12-1-1 — Failure to abort; negligence action; damages, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-12-1-1. Failure to abort; negligence action; damages
Sec. 1. A person may not maintain a cause of action or receive an award of damages on the person's behalf based on the claim that but for the negligent conduct of another, the person would have been aborted.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-1-11.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.7.
IC 34-12-2Chapter 2. Certain Domestic Relations Actions
34-12-2-1Causes of action abolished 34-12-2-2Certain causes of action not to arise within state 34-12-2-3Filing or threatening to file abolished cause of action prohibited 34-12-2-4Identifying corespondent or participant in divorce, separate maintenance, annulment, or custody action prohibited 34-12-2-5Motion to make pleading or paper more specific 34-12-2-6Questioning intended to elicit name of third persons prohibited 34-12-2-7Compromise or settlement of abolished causes of action prohibited 34-12-2-8Violations
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-12-1-1 ("Failure to abort; negligence action; damages") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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