§ 11-54-1 Experimentation on humanfetuses. – (a) No person shall use any live human fetus, whether before or after expulsionfrom its mother's womb, for scientific, laboratory research, or other kind ofexperimentation. This section shall not prohibit procedures incident to thestudy of a human fetus while it is in its mother's womb, provided that in thebest medical judgment of the physician, made at the time of the study, theprocedures do not substantially jeopardize the life or health of the fetus, andprovided the fetus is not the subject of a planned abortion. In any criminalproceeding the fetus shall be conclusively presumed not to be the subject of aplanned abortion if the mother signed a written statement at the time of thestudy that she was not planning an abortion.
(b) This section shall not prohibit or regulate diagnostic orremedial procedures, the purpose of which is to determine or to preserve thelife or health of the fetus involved or the mother involved.
(c) A fetus is a live fetus for purposes of this sectionwhen, in the best medical judgment of a physician, it shows evidence of life asdetermined by the same medical standards as are used in determining evidence oflife in a spontaneously aborted fetus at approximately the same stage ofgestational development.
(d) No experimentation may knowingly be performed upon a deadfetus unless the consent of its mother has first been obtained, provided, thatsuch consent shall not be required in the case of a routine pathological study.In any criminal proceeding, consent shall be conclusively presumed to have beengranted for the purposes of this section by a written statement, signed by themother, who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, to the effect that sheconsents to the use of her fetus for scientific, laboratory, research, or otherkind of experimentation or study; that written consent shall constitute lawfulauthorization for the transfer of the dead fetus.
(e) No person shall perform or offer to perform an abortionwhere part or all of the consideration for the performance is that the fetalremains may be used for experimentation or other kinds of research or study.
(f) No person shall knowingly sell, transfer, distribute, orgive away any fetus for a use which is in violation of the provisions of thissection. For purposes of this section, the word "fetus" includes an embryo orneonate.
§ 11-54-1 Experimentation on humanfetuses. – (a) No person shall use any live human fetus, whether before or after expulsionfrom its mother's womb, for scientific, laboratory research, or other kind ofexperimentation. This section shall not prohibit procedures incident to thestudy of a human fetus while it is in its mother's womb, provided that in thebest medical judgment of the physician, made at the time of the study, theprocedures do not substantially jeopardize the life or health of the fetus, andprovided the fetus is not the subject of a planned abortion. In any criminalproceeding the fetus shall be conclusively presumed not to be the subject of aplanned abortion if the mother signed a written statement at the time of thestudy that she was not planning an abortion.
(b) This section shall not prohibit or regulate diagnostic orremedial procedures, the purpose of which is to determine or to preserve thelife or health of the fetus involved or the mother involved.
(c) A fetus is a live fetus for purposes of this sectionwhen, in the best medical judgment of a physician, it shows evidence of life asdetermined by the same medical standards as are used in determining evidence oflife in a spontaneously aborted fetus at approximately the same stage ofgestational development.
(d) No experimentation may knowingly be performed upon a deadfetus unless the consent of its mother has first been obtained, provided, thatsuch consent shall not be required in the case of a routine pathological study.In any criminal proceeding, consent shall be conclusively presumed to have beengranted for the purposes of this section by a written statement, signed by themother, who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, to the effect that sheconsents to the use of her fetus for scientific, laboratory, research, or otherkind of experimentation or study; that written consent shall constitute lawfulauthorization for the transfer of the dead fetus.
(e) No person shall perform or offer to perform an abortionwhere part or all of the consideration for the performance is that the fetalremains may be used for experimentation or other kinds of research or study.
(f) No person shall knowingly sell, transfer, distribute, orgive away any fetus for a use which is in violation of the provisions of thissection. For purposes of this section, the word "fetus" includes an embryo orneonate.
§ 11-54-1 Experimentation on humanfetuses. – (a) No person shall use any live human fetus, whether before or after expulsionfrom its mother's womb, for scientific, laboratory research, or other kind ofexperimentation. This section shall not prohibit procedures incident to thestudy of a human fetus while it is in its mother's womb, provided that in thebest medical judgment of the physician, made at the time of the study, theprocedures do not substantially jeopardize the life or health of the fetus, andprovided the fetus is not the subject of a planned abortion. In any criminalproceeding the fetus shall be conclusively presumed not to be the subject of aplanned abortion if the mother signed a written statement at the time of thestudy that she was not planning an abortion.
(b) This section shall not prohibit or regulate diagnostic orremedial procedures, the purpose of which is to determine or to preserve thelife or health of the fetus involved or the mother involved.
(c) A fetus is a live fetus for purposes of this sectionwhen, in the best medical judgment of a physician, it shows evidence of life asdetermined by the same medical standards as are used in determining evidence oflife in a spontaneously aborted fetus at approximately the same stage ofgestational development.
(d) No experimentation may knowingly be performed upon a deadfetus unless the consent of its mother has first been obtained, provided, thatsuch consent shall not be required in the case of a routine pathological study.In any criminal proceeding, consent shall be conclusively presumed to have beengranted for the purposes of this section by a written statement, signed by themother, who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, to the effect that sheconsents to the use of her fetus for scientific, laboratory, research, or otherkind of experimentation or study; that written consent shall constitute lawfulauthorization for the transfer of the dead fetus.
(e) No person shall perform or offer to perform an abortionwhere part or all of the consideration for the performance is that the fetalremains may be used for experimentation or other kinds of research or study.
(f) No person shall knowingly sell, transfer, distribute, orgive away any fetus for a use which is in violation of the provisions of thissection. For purposes of this section, the word "fetus" includes an embryo orneonate.
