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U.S. State Codes
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Tennessee
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Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
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Chapter 15 - Offenses Again...
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Part 2 - Abortion
Part 2 - Abortion
§ 39-15-201. Criminal abortion and attempt to procure criminal miscarriage -- Penalties -- Lawful previability abortions and attempts to procure miscarriage -- Requirements.
§ 39-15-202. Consent of pregnant woman required prior to abortion -- Information provided by doctor -- Waiting period -- Penalty for violation -- Requirements inapplicable in certain cases.
§ 39-15-203. Records and reports of abortions -- Disposition of aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue -- Method of disposition -- Confidentiality.
§ 39-15-204. Right to refuse to perform abortions.
§ 39-15-205. Right of hospitals to refuse to accept abortion patients.
§ 39-15-206. Rights to medical treatment of infant prematurely born alive during abortion -- Penalty for violation -- Limitation on wrongful death action.
§ 39-15-207. Custody of infant prematurely born alive during abortion.
§ 39-15-208. Research, photography, and experimentation upon aborted fetuses -- Sale of aborted fetuses or aborted fetal tissue prohibited -- Penalty for violation.
§ 39-15-209. Partial birth abortions.
§ 39-15-210. Child Rape Protection Act of 2006.
§ 39-15-211. Abortion prohibited if fetus viable -- Affirmative defense -- Rebuttable presumption -- Revocation of license.
§ 39-15-212. Viability determination.
§ 39-15-213. Criminal abortion -- Affirmative defense. [Contingent effective date, see Notes.]