Sec. 0.5. A medical emergency, for purposes of this chapter, does not include a patient's claim or diagnosis that the patient would engage in conduct that would result in the patient's death or substantial physical impairment. Under the circumstances described in this section and unless the following would pose a great risk of death or substantial physical impairment of the patient, the physician shall terminate the patient's pregnancy in a manner that, in a physician's reasonable medical judgment, would result in the best opportunity for the fetus to survive.
As added by P.L.193-2011, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Requirements for Performance of Abortion; Criminal Penalties
16-34-2-0.5. Medical Emergency
16-34-2-1. Required Circumstances of Legal Abortion
16-34-2-1-b. Required Circumstances of Legal Abortion
16-34-2-1.2. Physician's Duty to Inform Women in Medical Emergency of Necessity for Abortion
16-34-2-1.5. Informed Consent Brochure; Requirements
16-34-2-4.7. "Abortion Complication"
16-34-2-5.1. Documentation of Signatures and Credentials of Physicians and Other Providers
16-34-2-7. Performance of Unlawful Abortion; Offense
16-34-2-7-b. Performance of Unlawful Abortion; Offense
16-34-2-12. Identity of a Woman Upon Whom a Dismemberment Abortion Has Been Performed