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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code » Chapter 6 - Sterilization of a Person with a Disability » Section 116 – Unauthorized sterilization — Criminal penalty.
62A-6-116. Unauthorized sterilization — Criminal penalty.
Except as authorized by this chapter, any person who intentionally performs, encourages, assists in, or otherwise promotes the performance of a sterilization procedure for the purpose of destroying the power to procreate the human species, with knowledge that the provisions of this chapter have not been met, is guilty of a third degree felony.

Enacted by Chapter 1, 1988 General Session