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IC 16-18-2-96.4: "Dismemberment abortion"

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  1. TITLE 16. HEALTH
  2. ARTICLE 18. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 2. Definitions

Sec. 96.4. (a) "Dismemberment abortion" means an abortion with the purpose of killing a living fetus in which the living fetus is extracted one (1) piece at a time from the uterus through clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or another similar instrument that, through the convergence of two (2) rigid levers, slices, crushes, or grasps a portion of the fetus's body to cut or rip it off.

(b) "Dismemberment abortion" does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember a fetus by sucking fetal parts into a collection container.

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