Utah Code
Utah Code § 76-7-309 (2026)
Pathologist's report
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Any human tissue removed during an abortion shall be submitted to a pathologist who shall make a report, including whether:
the pregnancy was aborted by evacuating the uterus; and
a medical record indicates that, through a prenatal screening or other diagnostic test, the aborted fetus had or may have had Down syndrome.
Amended by Chapter 124, 2019 General Session
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1973–2011 · leading case: Doe v. Rampton, 366 F. Supp. 189 (D. Utah 1973).
Doe v. Rampton, 366 F. Supp. 189 (D. Utah 1973). “Sections 76-7-309 and 76-7-310 are invalid because they might apply in any trimester, and because, regardless of the trimester in which they are applied, they unduly interfere with the professional judgment of the doctor involved.”
State v. J.M.S., 2011 UT 75, 280 P.3d 410. “§ 76-7-309 (2008). In addition, the physician must report to the Department of Health, among other things, the age of the woman, her marital status, "the pathological description of the unborn child," and "the medical procedure used.”
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