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MO Rev Stat § 188.056 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.056 - Abortion prohibited after eight weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   188.056. Abortion prohibited after eight weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at eight weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of medical emergency. Any person who knowingly performs or induces an abortion of an unborn child in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license by his or her professional licensing board. A woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of this subsection shall not be prosecuted for a conspiracy to violate the provisions of this section.  2. It shall be an affirmative defense for any person alleged to have violated the provisions of subsection 1 of this section that the person performed or induced an abortion because of a medical emergency. The defendant shall have the burden of persuasion that the defense is more probably true than not.  3. Prosecution under this section shall bar prosecution under section* 188.057, 188.058, or 188.375 if prosecution under such sections would violate the provisions of Amendment V to the Constitution of the United States or Article I, Section 19 of the Constitution of Missouri.  4. If any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this section or the application thereof to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age is found to be unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of the section shall remain effective notwithstanding such unenforceability, unconstitutionality, or invalidity. The general assembly hereby declares that it would have passed this section, and each provision, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of the section, or the application of the section to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age, would be declared unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid. ­­-------- (L. 2019 H.B. 126)  *Word "sections" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 188.057 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.057 - Abortion prohibited after fourteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   188.057. Abortion prohibited after fourteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at fourteen weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of medical emergency. Any person who knowingly performs or induces an abortion of an unborn child in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license by his or her professional licensing board. A woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of this subsection shall not be prosecuted for a conspiracy to violate the provisions of this section.  2. It shall be an affirmative defense for any person alleged to have violated the provisions of subsection 1 of this section that the person performed or induced an abortion because of a medical emergency. The defendant shall have the burden of persuasion that the defense is more probably true than not.  3. Prosecution under this section shall bar prosecution under section* 188.056, 188.058, or 188.375 if prosecution under such sections would violate the provisions of Amendment V to the Constitution of the United States or Article I, Section 19 of the Constitution of Missouri.  4. If any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this section or the application thereof to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age is found to be unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of the section shall remain effective notwithstanding such unenforceability, unconstitutionality, or invalidity. The general assembly hereby declares that it would have passed this section, and each provision, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of the section, or the application of the section to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age, would be declared unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid. ­­-------- (L. 2019 H.B. 126)  *Word "sections" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 188.058 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.058 - Abortion prohibited after eighteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   188.058. Abortion prohibited after eighteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at eighteen weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of medical emergency. Any person who knowingly performs or induces an abortion of an unborn child in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license by his or her professional licensing board. A woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of this section shall not be prosecuted for a conspiracy to violate the provisions of this section.  2. It shall be an affirmative defense for any person alleged to have violated the provisions of subsection 1 of this section that the person performed or induced an abortion because of a medical emergency. The defendant shall have the burden of persuasion that the defense is more probably true than not.  3. Prosecution under this section shall bar prosecution under section*188.056, 188.057, or 188.375 if prosecution under such sections would violate the provisions of Amendment V to the Constitution of the United States or Article I, Section 19 of the Constitution of Missouri.  4. If any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this section or the application thereof to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age is found to be unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of the section shall remain effective notwithstanding such unenforceability, unconstitutionality, or invalidity. The general assembly hereby declares that it would have passed this section, and each provision, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of the section, or the application of the section to any person, circumstance, or period of gestational age, would be declared unenforceable, unconstitutional, or invalid. ­­-------- (L. 2019 H.B. 126)  *Word "sections" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 188.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.060 - Records to be retained for seven years.

Effective - 29 Jun 1979   188.060. Records to be retained for seven years. — All medical records, reports, and other documents required to be kept under sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be maintained in the permanent files of the abortion facility or hospital in which the abortion was performed for a period of seven years. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 11, A.L. 1979 H.B. 523, et al.)  Effective 6-29-79
MO Rev Stat § 188.065 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.065 - Revocation of license, when.

Effective - 14 Jun 1974   188.065. Revocation of license, when. — Any practitioner of medicine, surgery, or nursing, or other health personnel who shall willfully and knowingly do or assist any action made unlawful by sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be subject to having his license, application for license, or authority to practice his profession as a physician, surgeon, or nurse in the state of Missouri rejected or revoked by the appropriate state licensing board. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 12)  Effective 6-14-74
MO Rev Stat § 188.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.070 - Breach of confidentiality prohibited.

Effective - 14 Jun 1974   188.070. Breach of confidentiality prohibited. — Any physician or other person who fails to maintain the confidentiality of any records or reports required under sections 188.010 to 188.085 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 13)  Effective 6-14-74
MO Rev Stat § 188.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.075 - Violation of sections 188.010 to 188.085 a class A misdemeanor — affirmative defense — jurisdiction of attorney general.

Effective - 24 Oct 2017, 2 histories   188.075. Violation of sections 188.010 to 188.085 a class A misdemeanor — affirmative defense — jurisdiction of attorney general. — 1. Any person who contrary to the provisions of sections 188.010 to 188.085 knowingly performs, induces, or aids in the performance or inducing of any abortion or knowingly fails to perform any action required by sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, unless a different penalty is provided for in state law, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.  2. It shall be an affirmative defense for any person alleged to have violated any provision of this chapter that the person performed an action or did not perform an action because of a medical emergency. This affirmative defense shall be available in criminal, civil, and administrative actions or proceedings. The defendant shall have the burden of persuasion that the defense is more probably true than not.  3. The attorney general shall have concurrent original jurisdiction throughout the state, along with each prosecuting attorney and circuit attorney within their respective jurisdictions, to commence actions for a violation of any provision of this chapter, for a violation of any state law on the use of public funds for an abortion, or for a violation of any state law which regulates an abortion facility or a person who performs or induces an abortion. The attorney general, or prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney within their respective jurisdictions, may seek injunctive or other relief against any person who, or entity which, is in violation of any provision of this chapter, misuses public funds for an abortion, or violates any state law which regulates an abortion facility or a person who performs or induces an abortion. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 14, A.L. 1979 H.B. 523, et al., A.L. 2007 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2017 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 5) Effective 10-24-17
MO Rev Stat § 188.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.080 - Abortion performed by other than a physician with clinical privileges at a hospital, a felony.

Effective - 15 Sep 2005   188.080. Abortion performed by other than a physician with clinical privileges at a hospital, a felony. — Any person who is not a physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion on another is guilty of a class B felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Any physician performing or inducing an abortion who does not have clinical privileges at a hospital which offers obstetrical or gynecological care located within thirty miles of the location at which the abortion is performed or induced shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 15, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1596, A.L. 2005 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 1)  Effective 9-15-05  (2016) Admitting privileges provision is substantially similar to Texas statute held to violate the federal Constitution by placing a substantial obstacle in path of women seeking a previability abortion and by constituting an undue burden on abortion access. Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, Case No. 15-274, 579 U.S. _____ (2016), (U.S.Sup.Ct.).
MO Rev Stat § 188.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.085 - Sections 188.010 to 188.085 not to be deemed exclusive of other regulations or remedies.

Effective - 14 Jun 1974   188.085. Sections 188.010 to 188.085 not to be deemed exclusive of other regulations or remedies. — Nothing in sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be construed to exempt any person, firm, or corporation from civil liability for medical malpractice for negligent acts or certification under sections 188.010 to 188.085. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 16)  Effective 6-14-74
MO Rev Stat § 188.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.100 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.100. Definitions. — Unless the language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended, the following words or phrases for the purposes of sections 188.100 to 188.120 shall mean:  (1) "Employer", the state, or any political or civil subdivision thereof, or any person employing two or more persons within the state, and any person acting as an agent of the employer;  (2) "Participate in abortion", to perform, assist in, refer for, promote, procure, or counsel a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save the life of the mother; or to undergo an abortion;  (3) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, or other organized groups of persons. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
MO Rev Stat § 188.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.105 - Discrimination by employer prohibited because of failure of employee to participate in abortion — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.105. Discrimination by employer prohibited because of failure of employee to participate in abortion — exceptions. — 1. It shall be unlawful:  (1) For an employer:  (a) To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's refusal to participate in abortion;  (b) To limit, segregate, or classify his, her, or its employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee, because of such individual's refusal to participate in abortion;  (c) To discharge, expel, or otherwise discriminate against any person because he or she has opposed any practices forbidden under sections 188.100 to 188.120 or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any legal proceeding under sections 188.100 to 188.120;  (2) For any person, whether an employer or employee, or not, to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any of the acts forbidden under sections 188.100 to 188.120, or to attempt to do so.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 188.100 to 188.120, the acts proscribed in subsection 1 of this section shall not be unlawful if there can be demonstrated an inability to reasonably accommodate an individual's refusal to participate in abortion without undue hardship on the conduct of that particular business or enterprise, or in those certain instances where participation in abortion is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise.  3. Nothing contained in sections 188.100 to 188.120 shall be interpreted to require any employer to grant preferential treatment to any individual because of such individual's refusal to participate in abortion. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
MO Rev Stat § 188.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.110 - Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no requirement to pay fees, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.110. Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no requirement to pay fees, when. — 1. No public or private college, university or hospital shall discriminate against any person for refusal to participate in abortion.  2. No applicant, student, teacher, or employee of any school shall be required to pay any fees that would in whole or in part fund an abortion for any other applicant, student, teacher, or employee of that school, if the individual required to pay the fee gives written notice to the proper school authorities that it would be in violation of his or her conscience or beliefs to pay for or fund abortions. The school may require the individual to pay that part of the fees not funding abortions, if the school makes reasonable precautions and gives reasonable assurance that the fees that are paid are segregated from any fund for the payment of abortions. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
MO Rev Stat § 188.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.115 - Severability clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.115. Severability clause. — If any provision of sections 188.100 to 188.120 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional as applied to a specific person or class of persons, the provisions of sections 188.100 to 188.120 shall remain in full force and effect as to every other person or class of persons who is otherwise covered under these sections. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
MO Rev Stat § 188.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.120 - Cause of action for violation of discrimination laws, treble damages, attorney's fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.120. Cause of action for violation of discrimination laws, treble damages, attorney's fees. — Any individual injured by any person, association, corporation, or entity by reason of any action prohibited by sections 188.100 to 188.120, as now or hereafter amended, may commence a civil cause of action against the person, association, corporation, or entity who caused the injury, and shall recover treble damages, including pain and suffering, sustained by such individual, the costs of the suit and reasonable attorney's fees. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
MO Rev Stat § 188.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.130 - No cause of action for wrongful life.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.130. No cause of action for wrongful life. — 1. No person shall maintain a cause of action or receive an award of damages on behalf of himself or herself based on the claim that but for the negligent conduct of another, he or she would have been aborted.  2. No person shall maintain a cause of action or receive an award of damages based on the claim that but for the negligent conduct of another, a child would have been aborted. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596)  (1989) Harm was not suffered until child was born and statute applied where child was conceived prior to effective date of statute but born after such date. Statute did not bar action for negligence against physician alleging failure to inform mother prior to birth that her fetus was deformed when mother alleged emotional distress from shock of discovering such defect after birth. (Mo. banc) Shelton v. St. Anthony's Medical Center, 781 S.W.2d 48.
MO Rev Stat § 188.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.160 - Whistleblower protection policy, required when — rulemaking authority.

Effective - 24 Oct 2017   188.160. Whistleblower protection policy, required when — rulemaking authority. — 1. Every hospital, abortion facility, pathology lab, medical research entity, and any other facility involved in abortion shall establish and implement a written policy relating to the protections for employees who disclose information concerning actual, potential, or alleged violations of applicable federal or state laws or administrative rules, regulations, or standards.  2. The department of health and senior services is authorized to adopt rules, regulations, and standards regarding the establishment and implementation of policies created under this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after October 24, 2017, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2017 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 5) Effective 10-24-17
MO Rev Stat § 188.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 188 - Regulation of Abortions|Section 188.200 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   188.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 188.200 to 188.220, the following terms mean:  (1) "Public employee", any person employed by this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof;  (2) "Public facility", any public institution, public facility, public equipment, or any physical asset owned, leased, or controlled by this state or any agency or political subdivisions thereof;  (3) "Public funds", any funds received or controlled by this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, funds derived from federal, state or local taxes, gifts or grants from any source, public or private, federal grants or payments, or intergovernmental transfers. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1596 § 1)