CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER D—GRANTS (parts 50 to 60) > PART 50—POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY > SUBPART C—Abortions and Related Medical Services in Federally Assisted Programs of the Public Health Service (§50.301 to §50.310) > 50.304—Life of the mother would be endangered.

50.304—Life of the mother would be endangered.

Federal financial participation is available in expenditures for an abortion when a physician has found, and so certified in writing to the program or project, that on the basis of his/her professional judgment, the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. The certification must contain the name and address of the patient.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Sec. 101, Pub. L. 95-205, 91 Stat. 1461, Dec. 9, 1977)
[43 FR 13868, July 21, 1978]