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Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-159

Civil remedies

Laws, 2016, ch. 422, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2016.

(1) Only in the event a cause of action for injunctive relief under Section 41-41-157 has been denied by a court of competent jurisdiction, a cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 41-41-155 may be maintained by: Any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of Section 41-41-155;

(2) The father of the unborn child, if married to the woman at the time the dismemberment abortion was performed; or

(3) If the woman had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the dismemberment abortion or has died as a result of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child.

(4) No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff’s criminal conduct.

(5) Damages awarded in such an action shall include: Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the dismemberment abortion; and

(6) Statutory damages equal to three (3) times the cost of the dismemberment abortion.

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