PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS Abortion: Prohibit Partial-Birth Abortions; Define Partial-Birth Abortion; Provide for Criminal Sanctions Against One Performing Such Procedure; Provide for Exception to Exception to Criminal Sanctions when Such Procedure is Necessary to Save Life of Mother; Provide for Civil Remedy for Father and Maternal Grandparents, Subject to Certain Exceptions; Provide that Mother is Not Subject to Criminal Sanctions for Violation of This Code Section

Authors

James W. Standard Jr.

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act defines and prohibits partial-birth abortions. The Act subjects anyone who performs such an abortion and, thereby ends the life of a human fetus, to criminal liability. The Act excepts from prohibition a partial-birth abortion, which is performed and is necessary to save the life of the mother. The Act also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the father and maternal grandparents have a civil cause of action when such an abortion is performed. The Act excludes the mother of the fetus from criminal liability under this Act for undergoing such an abortion.

Recommended Citation

James W. Standard Jr., PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS Abortion: Prohibit Partial-Birth Abortions; Define Partial-Birth Abortion; Provide for Criminal Sanctions Against One Performing Such Procedure; Provide for Exception to Exception to Criminal Sanctions when Such Procedure is Necessary to Save Life of Mother; Provide for Civil Remedy for Father and Maternal Grandparents, Subject to Certain Exceptions; Provide that Mother is Not Subject to Criminal Sanctions for Violation of This Code Section, 14 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1997).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol14/iss1/17