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Ind. Code § 16-34-2-1.2 (2026)

Physician's duty to inform women in medical emergency of necessity for abortion

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     Sec. 1.2. When a medical emergency compels the performance of an abortion, the physician who will perform the abortion shall inform the woman, before the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting the physician's judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert:

(1) the woman's death; or

(2) a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.

As added by P.L.187-1995, SEC.5.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2003 · leading case: Humphreys v. Clinic for Women, Inc., 796 N.E.2d 247 (Ind. 2003).
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Humphreys v. Clinic for Women, Inc., 796 N.E.2d 247 (Ind. 2003). · cites it 2× “" Section 16-34-2-1.2 requires *263 that an abortion provider inform a woman facing a medical emergency of the medical indications supporting the provider's judgment that an abortion is necessary to prevent the mother's death or "a substantial and irreversible impairment of a…”
A Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Newman, 904 F. Supp. 1434 (S.D. Ind. 1995). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 16-34-2-1.2. II. The Parties and Their Claims The plaintiffs are seven reproductive health care facilities that provide a range of services related to pregnancy and women’s health, including abortions up to 12 weeks of gestation; and Ulrich G.”
Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Newman, 980 F. Supp. 962 (S.D. Ind. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 16-34-2-1.2. In deciding plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, this court had to predict how the Supreme Court of Indiana would interpret the medical emergency exception as a matter of State law.”
Woman's Choice-east Side Women's Clinic v. Newman, 980 F. Supp. 962 (S.D. Ind. 1997). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 16-34-2-1.2. In deciding plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, this court had to predict how the Supreme Court of Indiana would interpret the medical emergency exception as a matter of State law.”
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