76-7-302 - Circumstances under which abortion authorized.
76-7-302. Circumstances under which abortion authorized.
(1) As used in this section, "viable" means that the unborn child has reached a stage offetal development when the unborn child is potentially able to live outside the womb, asdetermined by the attending physician to a reasonable degree of medical certainty.
(2) An abortion may be performed in this state only by a physician.
(3) An abortion may be performed in this state only under the following circumstances:
(a) the unborn child is not viable; or
(b) the unborn child is viable, if:
(i) the abortion is necessary to avert:
(A) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or
(B) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function ofthe woman on whom the abortion is performed;
(ii) two physicians who practice maternal fetal medicine concur, in writing, in thepatient's medical record that the fetus has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformlylethal; or
(iii) (A) the woman is pregnant as a result of:
(I) rape, as described in Section 76-5-402;
(II) rape of a child, as described in Section 76-5-402.1; or
(III) incest, as described in Subsection 76-5-406(10) or Section 76-7-102; and
(B) before the abortion is performed, the physician who performs the abortion:
(I) verifies that the incident described in Subsection (3)(b)(iii)(A) has been reported tolaw enforcement; and
(II) complies with the requirements of Section 62A-4a-403.
Amended by Chapter 13, 2010 General Session