IC 16-18-2-327.9: "Serious health risk"
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 16. HEALTH
- ARTICLE 18. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 2. Definitions
Sec. 327.9. "Serious health risk", for purposes of IC 16-34, means that in reasonable medical judgment, a condition exists that has complicated the mother's medical condition and necessitates an abortion to prevent death or a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. The term does not include psychological or emotional conditions. A medical condition may not be determined to exist based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that she intends to result in her death or in physical harm.
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