Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 29 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH PROVISIONS
Subchapter D - AMBULATORY GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Section 29.41 - Fetal experimentation

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 29.41

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Unborn or live child. Any person who knowingly performs any type of nontherapeutic experimentation upon any unborn child or upon any child born alive during the course of an abortion commits a felony of the third degree. "Nontherapeutic" means that which is not intended to preserve the child's life or health.

(b) Dead child. Experimentation upon children who have died during the course of an abortion may be conducted only upon the written consent of the mother provided that no consideration for such consent is offered or given. Any person who knowingly violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.

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