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Title XII - Public Health a...
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Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions
Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions
Section 188.010 Intent of general assembly.
Section 188.015 Definitions.
Section 188.017 Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act — limitation on abortions, when — affirmative defense — contingent effective date.
Section 188.018 Severability clause.
Section 188.020 Physician, required to perform.
Section 188.021 RU-486, administration of, requirements — limitation on prescribing certain abortion-inducing drugs and chemicals, when, complication plan required — rulemaking authority.
Section 188.023 Reports of rape or under age eighteen sexual abuse, required to report, how.
Section 188.025 Hospital required, when.
Section 188.026 Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act — findings of general assembly — interests of the state of Missouri.
Section 188.027 Consent, voluntary and informed, required — procedure, contents — information to be presented in person — information on risks — medical emergency, procedure — payment prohibited, when — written materials required, when — emergency rules authorized — waiting period restrained or enjoined, effect of.
Section 188.028 Minors, abortion requirements and procedure.
Section 188.030 Abortion of viable unborn child prohibited, exceptions — physician duties — violations, penalty — severability — right of intervention, when.
Section 188.031 Next friend defined for purposes of the procedure for a minor to obtain an abortion.
Section 188.033 Out-of-state abortion facilities, in-state facilities giving information about, requirements.
Section 188.035 Death of child aborted alive deemed murder in second degree, when.
Section 188.036 Prohibited abortions, those done with intent to use fetal organs or tissue for transplant, experiments or for consideration, exceptions.
Section 188.037 Experimentation with fetus, or child aborted alive, prohibited, exception.
Section 188.038 Pregnant women, bias or discrimination against — findings of general assembly — limitations on performing an abortion, when.
Section 188.039 Seventy-two hour waiting period for abortions required — medical emergency exception, definition — informed consent requirements — department to provide model consent forms — waiting period restrained or enjoined, effect of.
Section 188.043 Medical malpractice insurance required to perform an abortion.
Section 188.044 Drug or chemical used to induce abortion, warning of birth defects, disability, or other injury — tail insurance required, amount.
Section 188.047 Tissue submitted for examination — pathologist to file report, copies furnished — department to reconcile notice of abortion to tissue report — annual report required, contents — rulemaking authority.
Section 188.052 Physician's report on abortion and post-abortion care, when — department to publish statistics.
Section 188.055 Forms to be supplied to health facilities and physicians.
Section 188.056 Abortion prohibited after eight weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.
Section 188.057 Abortion prohibited after fourteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.
Section 188.058 Abortion prohibited after eighteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.
Section 188.060 Records to be retained for seven years.
Section 188.065 Revocation of license, when.
Section 188.070 Breach of confidentiality prohibited.
Section 188.075 Violation of sections 188.010 to 188.085 a class A misdemeanor — affirmative defense — jurisdiction of attorney general.
Section 188.080 Abortion performed by other than a physician with surgical privileges at a hospital, a felony.
Section 188.085 Sections 188.010 to 188.085 not to be deemed exclusive of other regulations or remedies.
Section 188.100 Definitions.
Section 188.105 Discrimination by employer prohibited because of failure of employee to participate in abortion — exceptions.
Section 188.110 Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no requirement to pay fees, when.
Section 188.115 Severability clause.
Section 188.120 Cause of action for violation of discrimination laws, treble damages, attorney's fees.
Section 188.125 Alternatives to abortion agency, intent to acknowledge certain right of — state preemption, when — actions to enforce, authorized relief — definitions.
Section 188.130 No cause of action for wrongful life.
Section 188.160 Whistleblower protection policy, required when — rulemaking authority.
Section 188.200 Definitions.
Section 188.205 Use of public funds prohibited, when.
Section 188.210 Public employees, activities prohibited, when.
Section 188.215 Use of public facilities prohibited, when.
Section 188.220 Taxpayer standing to bring suit, when, where.
Section 188.230 Construction of law.
Section 188.250 Causing, aiding, or assisting a minor to obtain an abortion prohibited, civil penalty — impermissible defenses — court injunction authorized, when.
Section 188.325 Program established, services provided — matching moneys to be sought — moneys not to be used for abortions or abortion services.
Section 188.335 Program established, purpose — matching moneys to be sought — moneys not to be used for abortions or abortion services.
Section 188.375 Citation of act — definition — limitation on abortion, when — violation, penalty — method or technique to be utilized — severability clause.