Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes — Title 14, Criminal Law
La. R.S. 14 § 14:87.5: Intentional failure to sustain life and health of aborted viable infant
What this law says, in plain English
A physician or person performing an abortion commits a crime by intentionally failing to provide proper medical care to sustain a viable aborted infant's life when that failure causes the infant's death. Punishment is imprisonment at hard labor for up to 21 years.
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