Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 9-15-2022.
Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a person who knowingly or intentionally performs an abortion prohibited by section 1 of this chapter commits a Level 5 felony.
(b) A physician who performs an abortion intentionally or knowingly in violation of section 1(a)(1)(D) or 4 of this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally performs an abortion in violation of section 1.1 of this chapter commits a Class A infraction.
(d) A woman upon whom a partial birth abortion is performed may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate section 1(b) of this chapter.
(e) A woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion is performed may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate section 1(c) of this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 35-1-58.5-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.187-1995, SEC.6; P.L.145-1997, SEC.4; P.L.158-2013, SEC.235; P.L.93-2019, SEC.5; P.L.179-2022(ss), SEC.28.
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