{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-18","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-18","heading":"Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.","body":"Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or both. Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion, and, as a result of that failure, the infant dies, shall be guilty of the crime of manslaughter.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 9 Children"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-9/11-9-18.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:10Z","sha256":"676a21cb5c937480108a849a42ec90167a8ec74d358bcd5f70f5b882c7971e83","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-17","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}