CA Health & Safety Code Section 123468


The performance of an abortion is unauthorized if either of the following is true:

(a)

The person performing the abortion is not a health care provider authorized to perform an abortion pursuant to Section 2253 of the Business and Professions Code.

(b)

The abortion is performed on a viable fetus, and both of the following are established:

(1)

In the good faith medical judgment of the physician, the fetus was viable.

(2)

In the good faith medical judgment of the physician, continuation of the pregnancy posed no risk to life or health of the pregnant woman.
Last Updated

Aug. 19, 2023

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