14-02.2 Fetal Experimentation
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 14-02.2FETAL EXPERIMENTATION14-02.2-01. Live fetal experimentation - Penalty.1.A person may not use any live human fetus, whether before or after expulsion from<br>its mother'swomb,forscientific,laboratory,research,orotherkindofexperimentation. This section does not prohibit procedures incident to the study of a<br>human fetus while it is in its mother's womb, provided that in the best medical<br>judgment of the physician, made at the time of the study, the procedures do not<br>substantially jeopardize the life or health of the fetus, and provided the fetus is not<br>the subject of a planned abortion.In any criminal proceeding the fetus isconclusively presumed not to be the subject of a planned abortion if the mother<br>signed a written statement at the time of the study, that the mother was not planning<br>an abortion.2.A person may not use a fetus or newborn child, or any tissue or organ thereof,<br>resulting from an induced abortion in animal or human research, experimentation, or<br>study, or for animal or human transplantation.3.This section does not prohibit or regulate diagnostic or remedial procedures, the<br>purpose of which is to determine the life or health of the fetus involved or to preserve<br>the life or health of the fetus involved, or of the mother involved.4.A fetus is a live fetus for the purposes of this section when, in the best medical<br>judgment of a physician, it shows evidence of life as determined by the same<br>medical standards as are used in determining evidence of life in a spontaneously<br>aborted fetus at approximately the same stage of gestational development.5.Any person violating this section is guilty of a class A felony.14-02.2-02.Experimentation on dead fetus - Use of fetal organs or tissue fortransplantation or experimentation - Sale of fetus or fetal organs or tissue - Penalty.1.An experimentation may not knowingly be performed upon a dead fetus resulting<br>from an occurrence other than an induced abortion unless the consent of the mother<br>has first been obtained; provided, however, that the consent is not required in the<br>case of a routine pathological study.In any criminal proceeding, consent isconclusively presumed to have been granted for the purposes of this section by a<br>written statement, signed by the mother who is at least eighteen years of age, to the<br>effect that she consents to the use of her fetus for scientific, laboratory, research, or<br>other kind of experimentation or study.Such written consent constitutes lawfulauthorization for the transfer of the dead fetus.2.A person may not use a fetus or fetal organs or tissue resulting from an induced<br>abortion in animal or human research, experimentation, or study, or for animal or<br>human transplantation except for diagnostic or remedial procedures, the purpose of<br>which is to determine the life or health of the fetus or to preserve the life or health of<br>the fetus or mother, or pathological study.3.A person may not perform or offer to perform an abortion where part or all of the<br>consideration for the abortion is that the fetal organs or tissue may be used for<br>animal or human transplantation, experimentation, or research or study.4.A person may not knowingly sell, transfer, distribute, give away, accept, use, or<br>attempt to use any fetus or fetal organs or tissue for a use that is in violation of this<br>section. For purposes of this section, the word "fetus" includes also an embryo or<br>neonate.Page No. 15.Violation of this section by any person is a class C felony.Page No. 2Document Outlinechapter 14-02.2 fetal experimentation]]>