§ 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 […]
§ 41-41-165. Protection of privacy in court proceedings
In every civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or action brought under Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to the disclosure. The […]
§ 41-41-167. Construction
Nothing in Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169 shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, nor a right to a particular method of abortion.
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 41-41-149. Severability
If some or all of the provisions of Sections 41-41-131 through 41-41-145 are ever temporarily or permanently restrained or enjoined by judicial order, all other provisions of Mississippi law regulating or restricting abortion shall be enforced as though the restrained or enjoined provisions had not been adopted; however, whenever the temporary or permanent restraining order […]
§ 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.”
§ 41-41-153. Definitions
For the purposes of Sections 41-41-151 through 41-41-169, the following terms shall be defined as provided in this section: “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device: To purposely kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or To purposely terminate the pregnancy […]
§ 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 […]