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18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3201 (2026)

 Short title of chapter.

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CHAPTER 32

ABORTION

 

Sec.

3201.  Short title of chapter.

3202.  Legislative intent.

3203.  Definitions.

3204.  Medical consultation and judgment.

3205.  Informed consent.

3206.  Parental consent.

3207.  Abortion facilities.

3208.  Printed information.

3208.1. Commonwealth interference prohibited.

3209.  Spousal notice.

3210.  Determination of gestational age.

3211.  Abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age.

3212.  Infanticide.

3213.  Prohibited acts.

3214.  Reporting.

3215.  Publicly owned facilities; public officials and public funds.

3216.  Fetal experimentation.

3217.  Civil penalties.

3218.  Criminal penalties.

3219.  State Board of Medicine; State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

3220.  Construction.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 32 was added June 11, 1982, P.L.476, No.138, effective in 180 days.

§ 3201.  Short title of chapter.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Abortion Control Act."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Amadio v. Levin, 501 A.2d 1085 (Pa. 1985).
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Amadio v. Levin, 501 A.2d 1085 (Pa. 1985). · cites it 2× “§ 8601 (Uniform Anatomical Gift Act); and 18 Pa.C.S. § 3201 et seq., (Abortion Control Act) especially, § 3202(b)(4) (necessity for precise standards of care where physician's actions do or may result in death of unborn child).”
Commonwealth v. Markum, 541 A.2d 347 (Pa. 1988). · cites it 4× “" The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 3201 et seq., enacted as a consequence of the Roe v.”
Fischer v. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 502 A.2d 114 (Pa. 1985). “That repeal was accomplished by the enactment of the *298 Abortion Control Act of 1982, 6 18 Pa.C.S. § 3201 et seq., which modified the language of Act 239 to provide as follows: PUBLIC FUNDS.”
Assocs. in Obstetrics & Gynecology v. Upper Merion Twp., 270 F. Supp. 2d 633 (E.D. Pa. 2003). “tive challenge 5 to the ordinance was not properly raised before the Board because Associates did not make a written request that the Board hear its substantive challenge, as required by state law; and that in addition to failing to raise its claim that the Board was…”
Just. v. Booth Maternity Ctr., 498 A.2d 950 (Pa. 1985). · cites it 2× “138, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3201 et seq. [3] Section 3202(c) of the Act states: (c) Construction.”
In the Interest of: L.J.B Appeal of: A.A.R., 199 A.3d 868 (Pa. 2018). “Had the General Assembly intended to include a fetus or unborn child under the protections of the CPSL, it would have done so, just as it has in other statutory schemes.”
Brown v. City of Pittsburgh, 543 F. Supp. 2d 448 (W.D. Pa. 2008). “In addition, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed the Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa. Cons.Stat. § 3201, et seq. (1989), which provides the statutory framework governing abortion in the Commonwealth.”
Fischer v. Commonwealth, 543 A.2d 177 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1988). “§761, *439 to enjoin the enforcement of provisions of Act 31 of 1988 which amend Sections 3215(c)(2), (3), and 3215(j)(l)-(3) (Act 31) 2 of the Commonwealths Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa. C. S. §§3201—3220. 3 These provisions prohibit *440 in part government subsidization of…”
Thornburgh v. Am. Coll. of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 (1986). · cites it 2× “138, now codified as 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3201 et seq. (1982).”
In the Int. of: K.,G., a Minor Appeal of: York CYS (Pa. Super. Ct. 2017). “Informed Consent - 26 - J-S22043-17 (a) General rule.— No abortion shall be performed or induced except with the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed or induced.”
Chambliss v. City of Philadelphia, 45 Pa. D. & C.3d 212 (1986). “In Fischer, supra, the Commonwealth Court held unconstitutional rape and incest reporting requirements which were a prerequisite to state-funded abortions under the Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa.C.S. §3201 et seq (Purdon’s, 1983).”
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Commonwealth v. Markum, 541 A.2d 347 (Pa. 1988). “" The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 3201 et seq., enacted as a consequence of the Roe v.”
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