Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 18 (Crimes & Offenses)
18 Pa.C.S. § 3216: Fetal experimentation
What this law says, in plain English
Performing nontherapeutic experimentation on an unborn child or child born during abortion is a third-degree felony. Fetal tissue/organ use requires maternal written consent, prohibits financial inducement or payment, and mandates disclosure of tissue origin.
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