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Ind. Code § 35-42-1-6

Feticide; exemptions

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State v. Courchesne (2010)

Most recently applied in Purvi Patel v. State of Indiana (July 2016)

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.153, SEC.3

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Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to:

(1) the pregnant mother whose pregnancy is terminated;

(2) a person who in good faith provides medical treatment to a pregnant woman that results in the accidental or unintentional termination of the pregnancy; or

(3) a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 who, upon the request of a pregnant woman, performs a medical procedure to terminate her pregnancy, even if the procedure is not authorized under IC 16-34-2-1.

(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally terminates a human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus commits feticide, a Level 3 felony.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.