Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-51 (2024)
Definitions
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For purposes of Sections 41-41-51 through 41-41-63, the following definitions shall apply:
- (a) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years;
- (b) "Emancipated minor" means any minor who is or has been married or has by court order or otherwise been freed from the care, custody and control of her parents;
- (c) "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead fetus.
Laws, 1986, ch. 448, § 1, eff. 7/1/1986.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1993–2001 · leading case: Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice, 716 So. 2d 645 (Miss. 1998).
Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice, 716 So. 2d 645 (Miss. 1998). “Louis) challenged the facial constitutionality of the parental consent abortion statutes, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-41-51 through 41-41-63.”
Helen B. Barnes v. State of Mississippi, 992 F.2d 1335 (5th Cir. 1993). “In cases where the parents are divorced or are unmarried and separated, then only the consent of the parent with primary custody is required.”
R.B. ex rel. V.D. v. State, 790 So. 2d 830 (Miss. 2001). “However, Mississippi statutes, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-41-51 to 63 (1993) provide for an abortion under the facts at hand.”
Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Kirk Fordice, No. 95-CA-00960-SCT (Miss. Aug. 30, 1995). “Louis) challenged the facial constitutionality of the parental consent abortion statutes, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-41-51 through 41-41-63.”
RB ex rel. VD v. State, 790 So. 2d 830 (Miss. 2001). “was not mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own, and that having an abortion would not be in R.”
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