65-6743. Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions.
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65-6743. Dismemberment abortion prohibited; exceptions.
(a)No person shall perform, or attempt to perform, a dismemberment abortion on an unborn child unless:
(1)The dismemberment abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman; or
(2)a continuation of the pregnancy will cause a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. No condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
(b)No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion. No nurse, technician, secretary, receptionist or other employee or agent who is not a physician, but who acts at the direction of a physician, and no pharmacist or other individual who is not a physician, but who fills a prescription or provides instruments or materials used in an abortion at the direction of or to a physician shall be liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion.