Reproductive Privacy Act
Washington · Crimes and Punishments · §§ 9.02.005 to 9.02.902 · 11 sections
Overview
The act governs reproductive health decisions, declaring reproductive privacy to be state policy and establishing a right both to obtain and to provide such services while limiting the circumstances in which the state may regulate them. It backs that framework with criminal penalties for unauthorized abortions together with enumerated defenses to prosecution, and it addresses the treatment of these services under state-provided benefits. It also shields individuals who decline to perform the procedure, defines the terms it operates on, and assigns administration of its duties to the state health agency.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 5 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 520 U.S. 968 - Mazurek v. Armstrong
Sections covered
- RCW 9.02.005Transfer of duties to the department of health.
- RCW 9.02.100Reproductive privacy—Public policy.1 cite
- RCW 9.02.110Right to have and provide. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)2 cites
- RCW 9.02.120Unauthorized abortions—Penalty.
- RCW 9.02.130Defenses to prosecution. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
- RCW 9.02.140State regulation.
- RCW 9.02.150Refusing to perform.2 cites
- RCW 9.02.160State-provided benefits.
- RCW 9.02.170Definitions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
- RCW 9.02.900Construction—1992 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 120).
- RCW 9.02.902Short title—1992 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 120).
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