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MS Code § 41-41-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-107. Providing or prescribing abortion-inducing drug prohibited unless provided or prescribed by physician; requirements for physicians

  It shall be unlawful to knowingly give, sell, dispense, administer or otherwise provide or prescribe any abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman for the purpose of inducing an abortion in that pregnant woman, or enabling another person to induce an abortion in a pregnant woman, unless the person who gives, sells, dispenses, administers or otherwise provides or prescribes the abortion-inducing drug is a physician, and the provision or prescription of the abortion-inducing drug satisfies the standard of care.   Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with increasing gestational age, because the physical symptoms of medical abortion can be identical to the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, and because abortion-inducing drugs do not treat ectopic pregnancies but rather are contraindicated in ectopic pregnancies, the physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug must first physically examine the woman and document in the woman's medical chart the gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy before giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug.   When any drug or chemical is used for the purpose of inducing an abortion, the drug or chemical must be administered in the same room and in the physical presence of the physician who gave, sold, dispensed or otherwise provided or prescribed the drug or chemical to the patient.   Every pregnant woman to whom a physician gives, sells, dispenses, administers or otherwise provides or prescribes any abortion-inducing drug shall be provided with a copy of the drug's final printed label or FPL.   If the physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing any abortion-inducing drug is unable to provide follow-up care, the physician must have a signed contract with a physician who agrees to provide follow-up care and produce that signed contract if requested by the patient or by the department. The contract shall include the name and contact information of the follow-up physician. The contract follow-up physician must have active hospital admitting privileges and gynecological/surgical privileges.   The physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing any abortion-inducing drug, or an agent of the physician, must schedule a follow-up visit for the woman at approximately fourteen (14) days after administration of the abortion-inducing drug to provide treatment that meets the standard of care.
MS Code § 41-41-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-109. Physician report of provision of abortion-inducing drug; report of adverse event

  If a physician provides an abortion-inducing drug to another for the purpose of inducing an abortion as authorized in Section 41-41-107:   The physician shall report that action to the department; and   If the physician knows that the woman who uses the abortion-inducing drug for the purpose of inducing an abortion experiences, during or after the use, an adverse event, the physician shall provide a written report of the serious event to the FDA via the Medwatch Reporting System.     For the purposes of this section, "adverse event" shall be defined according to the FDA criteria given in the Medwatch Reporting System.
MS Code § 41-41-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-111. Penalties for violation

  A person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates any provision of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 is guilty of a misdemeanor.   No criminal penalty may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.
MS Code § 41-41-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-113. Remedies; availability; no liability against pregnant women

  All remedies under the statutory laws of this state are available if there is failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117.   No civil liability may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.   In any legal action for failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117, the court, when requested, shall allow a woman to proceed using solely her initials or a pseudonym and may close any proceedings in the case and enter other protective orders to preserve the privacy of the woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion was performed.
MS Code § 41-41-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-115. Limitations of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117

  Nothing in Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.   It is not the intention of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful.
MS Code § 41-41-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Defense Act of 2013|§ 41-41-117. Severability

 Any provision of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 that is held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law, unless the holding is one of utter invalidity or unenforceability, in which event the provision shall be deemed severable from Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 and shall not affect the remainder of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117 or the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other dissimilar circumstances.
MS Code § 41-41-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-131. Short title

 Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 may be cited as the Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act.
MS Code § 41-41-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-133. Definitions

 As used in Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145:   "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention 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.   "Gestational age" means the time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period as determined using methods consistent with standard medical practice in the community.   "Severe fetal abnormality" means a life-threatening physical condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with life outside the womb.   "Major bodily function" includes, but is not limited to, functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine and reproductive functions.
MS Code § 41-41-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-135. Performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce abortion before physician determines probable gestational age prohibited

 Except as otherwise provided by Section 41-41-141, a physician may not perform, or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion without, before the procedure:   Making a determination of the probable gestational age of the unborn child; or   Possessing and relying on a determination of the probable gestational age of the unborn child made by another physician. The physician making such a determination must do so in accordance with reasonable medical judgment.
MS Code § 41-41-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-137. Performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce abortion if probable gestational age is determined to be twenty or more weeks prohibited

 Except as otherwise provided by Section 41-41-141, a person may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a woman if it has been determined, by the physician performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician on whose determination that physician relies, that the probable gestational age of the unborn child is twenty (20) or more weeks.
MS Code § 41-41-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-139. Abortion to preserve the life of the pregnant woman when probable gestational age of unborn child is twenty or more weeks to be done in manner to provide best opportunity for survival of unborn child

  This section applies only to an abortion authorized under Section 41-41-141(1) in which:   The probable gestational age of the unborn child is twenty (20) or more weeks; or   The probable gestational age of the unborn child has not been determined but could reasonably be twenty (20) or more weeks.     A physician performing or inducing an abortion under subsection (1) of this section shall terminate the pregnancy in the manner that, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive.
MS Code § 41-41-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-141. Exceptions for preservation of life of pregnant woman; exceptions for severe fetal abnormality

  The prohibitions and requirements under Sections 41-41-135, 41-41-137 and 41-41-139(2) do not apply if there exists a condition in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function (as specifically defined in paragraph (d) of Section 41-41-133) of the pregnant woman.   The prohibitions and requirements under Sections 41-41-135, 41-41-137 and 41-41-139(2) do not apply to an abortion performed or induced on an unborn child who has a severe fetal abnormality if the mother is informed twenty-four (24) hours before the abortion that supportive care, including, but not limited to, counseling and medical care by maternal-fetal medical specialists, obstetricians, neonatologists, anesthesia specialists, clergy, social workers, and specialty nurses focused on alleviating fear and ensuring that the woman and her family experience the life and death of their child in a comfortable and supportive environment, is available should she choose to carry her pregnancy to term.
MS Code § 41-41-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-143. Protection of privacy of woman on whom abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in civil or criminal proceedings

  Except as otherwise provided by this section, in a civil or criminal proceeding or action involving an act prohibited under Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145, the identity of the woman on whom an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced is not subject to public disclosure if the woman does not give consent to disclosure.   Unless the court makes a ruling under subsection (3) of this section to allow disclosure of the woman's identity, the court shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to protect the woman's identity from public disclosure.   A court may order the disclosure of information that is confidential under this section if:   A motion is filed with the court requesting release of the information and a hearing on that request; and   Notice of the hearing is served on each interested party.     If the conditions specified in subsection (3) of this section are fulfilled, then after an in camera hearing, for each order issued under subsection (2) of this section that is challenged by a motion under subsection (3) of this section, the court shall either vacate the order or issue specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists.
MS Code § 41-41-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-145. Construction; constitutional challenge

  Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 shall be construed, as a matter of state law, to be enforceable up to but no further than the maximum possible extent consistent with federal constitutional requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent, as such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary to save Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 from judicial invalidation. Judicial reformation of statutory language is explicitly authorized only to the extent necessary to save the statutory provision from invalidity.   If any court determines that a provision of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 is unconstitutionally vague, the court shall interpret the provision, as a matter of state law, to avoid the vagueness problem and shall enforce the provision to the maximum possible extent. If a federal court finds any provision of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 or its application to any person, group of persons, or circumstances to be unconstitutionally vague and declines to impose the saving construction described by this subsection, the Mississippi Supreme Court shall provide an authoritative construction of the objectionable statutory provisions that avoids the constitutional problems while enforcing the statute's restrictions to the maximum possible extent, and shall agree to answer any question certified from a federal appellate court regarding the statute.   State executive or administrative officials may not decline to enforce Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145, or adopt a construction of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 in a way that narrows their applicability, based on the official's own beliefs about what the state or federal constitution requires, unless the official is enjoined by a state or federal court from enforcing Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145.   Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 may not be construed to authorize the prosecution of or a cause of action to be brought against a woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145.
MS Code § 41-41-147 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act|§ 41-41-147. Relation to other Mississippi laws regulating or restricting abortions

 Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 may not be construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, any other provision of Mississippi law regulating or restricting abortion not specifically addressed by Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145. An abortion that complies with Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 but violates any other law is unlawful. An abortion that complies with another state law but violates Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 is unlawful as provided in Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145.
MS Code § 41-41-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-151. Short title

 Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169 may be cited as the "Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act."
MS Code § 41-41-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-155. Dismemberment abortion prohibited

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for any person to purposely perform or attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion and thereby kill an unborn child unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child's mother.   A person accused in any proceeding of unlawful conduct under subsection (1) of this section may seek a hearing before the State Board of Medical Licensure on whether the dismemberment abortion was necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child's mother. The board's findings are admissible on that issue at any trial in which the unlawful conduct is alleged. Upon a motion of the person accused, the court shall delay the beginning of the trial for not more than thirty (30) days to permit such a hearing to take place.   No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be thereby liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion. No nurse, technician, secretary, receptionist or other employee or agent who is not a physician but who acts at the direction of a physician, and no pharmacist or other individual who is not a physician but who fills a prescription or provides instruments or materials used in an abortion at the direction of or to a physician shall be thereby liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion.   Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169 do not prevent abortion for any reason, including rape and incest by any other method.
MS Code § 41-41-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-157. Remedies - Injunctions against dismemberment abortions

  Civil and criminal penalties for violations of Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169 may be imposed under the following priority:   Injunctive relief;   Civil cause of action; and   Criminal action.     A cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has performed or attempted to perform a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 41-41-155 may be maintained as a priority action by:   A woman upon whom such a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed;   A person who is the spouse, parent or guardian of, or a current or former licensed health care provider of, a woman upon whom such a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed; or   A prosecuting attorney with appropriate jurisdiction.     The injunction shall prevent the defendant from performing or attempting to perform further dismemberment abortions in violation of Section 41-41-155 in this state.
MS Code § 41-41-159 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-159. Civil remedies

  Only in the event a cause of action for injunctive relief under Section 41-41-157 has been denied by a court of competent jurisdiction, a cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 41-41-155 may be maintained by:   Any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of Section 41-41-155;   The father of the unborn child, if married to the woman at the time the dismemberment abortion was performed; or   If the woman had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the dismemberment abortion or has died as a result of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child.     No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.   Damages awarded in such an action shall include:   Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the dismemberment abortion; and   Statutory damages equal to three (3) times the cost of the dismemberment abortion.
MS Code § 41-41-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-161. Attorney's fees

  If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in Section 41-41-157 or 41-41-159, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.   If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section 41-41-157 or 41-41-159 and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.   No attorney's fee may be assessed against the woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed except in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.
MS Code § 41-41-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act|§ 41-41-163. Criminal penalty

 Only in the event a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section41-41-157 or 41-41-159, a district attorney with jurisdiction may bring an indictment for criminal punishment under this section. Any person who violates Section 41-41-155 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or both.