Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 16-34-4-5 (2026)
Sex selective abortion prohibited
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 5. (a) A person may not intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion allowed under IC 16-34-2 if the person knows that the pregnant woman is seeking a sex selective abortion.
(b) A person may not intentionally perform or attempt to perform an abortion allowed under IC 16-34-2 if the person knows that the pregnant woman is seeking a sex selective abortion.
(c) This section is severable as specified in IC 1-1-1-8.
As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.179-2022(ss), SEC.32.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky, Inc. v. Comm'r, Indiana State Dep't of Health, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017).
Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky, Inc. v. Comm'r, Indiana State Dep't of Health, 265 F. Supp. 3d 859 (S.D. Ind. 2017). “) PPINK also seeks a declaratory judgment that HEA 1337 is unconstitutional to the extent that it: (a) Denies the ability of a woman to obtain an abortion during the first trimester of her pregnancy for the reasons noted in Ind. Code § 16-34-4-5 through Ind. Code § 16-34-4-8 ;…”
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