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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 11 - Criminal Offenses » Chapter 11-54 - Experimentation on Human Fetuses

Section 11-54-1. – Experimentation on human fetuses.

§ 11-54-1. Experimentation on human fetuses. (a) No person shall use any live human fetus, whether before or after expulsion from its mother’s womb, for scientific, laboratory research, or other kind of experimentation. This section shall not prohibit procedures incident to the study of a human fetus while it is in its mother’s womb, provided […]

Section 11-54-2. – Penalties.

§ 11-54-2. Penalties. Any person who performs any of the acts prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) or shall be imprisoned for a period of at least one year, or both. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 231, […]