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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES |
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Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS |
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Article 5. ABORTION |
| § 16-12-140. Criminal abortion |
| § 16-12-141. Restrictions on the performance of abortions; availability of records |
| § 16-12-141.1. (For effective date, see note.) Disposal of aborted fetuses; reporting requirements; penalties; public report; confidentiality of identity of physicians filing reports |
| § 16-12-142. Objections by medical facilities, physicians, or pharmacists to providing abortion-related services |
| § 16-12-143. Failure to file or maintain required written reports |
| § 16-12-144. Partial-birth abortions |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 16 Chapter 12 Article 5 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Parental notification, T. 15, C. 11, A. 3.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Performance of abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Human Resources of Physical Health, Chapter 290-5-32.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "The Politics of Virtue: Animals, Theology and Abortion," see 25 Ga. L. Rev. 923 (1991). For article, "Two Decades of Reproductive Freedom Litigation and Activism in Georgia: From Doe v. Bolton to Atlanta v. Operation Rescue," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 34 (1991). For article, "Antiprogestin Drugs: Medical and Legal Issues," see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (1991).
For note, "The Law of Therapeutic Abortion: A Social Commentary on Proposed Reform," see 15 J. of Pub. L. 386 (1966). For note on abortion law preceding enactment of current chapter, see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 314 (1969). For note advocating revision of former Georgia abortion statutes, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 168 (1971). For note, "What Do We Have Against Parents?: An Assessment of Judicial Bypass Procedures and Parental Involvement in Abortions by Minors," see 43 Ga. L. Rev. 617 (2009).
For comment on Doe v. Bolton, 319 F. Supp. 1048, (N.D. Ga. 1970), as to unconstitutionality of statutory limitation on reasons for abortion, see 22 Mercer L. Rev. 461 (1971). For comment on Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 93 S. Ct. 739, 35 L. Ed. 2d 201 (1973), and Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 (1973), see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 153 (1973). For comment, "The Trimester Approach: How Long Can the Legal Fiction Last?," see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 891 (1984).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ONE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY CONSENT TO ABORTION. --Since age of majority, and consequently age of emancipation from legal custody and control of parent is 18 years of age, a person 18 years of age or older may consent to an abortion. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-118.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Necessity, to warrant conviction of abortion, that fetus be living at time of commission of acts, 16 ALR2d 949.
Pregnancy as element of abortion or homicide based thereon, 46 ALR2d 1393.
Right of action for injury to or death of woman who consents to illegal abortion, 36 ALR3d 630.
Right of minor to have abortion performed without parental consent, 42 ALR3d 1406.
Validity of state statutes and regulations limiting or restricting public funding for abortions sought by indigent women, 20 ALR4th 1166.
Requisites and conditions of judicial consent to minor's abortion, 23 ALR4th 1061.
Constitutional right of prisoners to abortion services and facilities -- federal cases, 90 ALR Fed. 683.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Performance of abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Human Resources of Physical Health, Chapter 290-5-32.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "The Politics of Virtue: Animals, Theology and Abortion," see 25 Ga. L. Rev. 923 (1991). For article, "Two Decades of Reproductive Freedom Litigation and Activism in Georgia: From Doe v. Bolton to Atlanta v. Operation Rescue," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 34 (1991). For article, "Antiprogestin Drugs: Medical and Legal Issues," see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (1991).
For note, "The Law of Therapeutic Abortion: A Social Commentary on Proposed Reform," see 15 J. of Pub. L. 386 (1966). For note on abortion law preceding enactment of current chapter, see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 314 (1969). For note advocating revision of former Georgia abortion statutes, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 168 (1971). For note, "What Do We Have Against Parents?: An Assessment of Judicial Bypass Procedures and Parental Involvement in Abortions by Minors," see 43 Ga. L. Rev. 617 (2009).
For comment on Doe v. Bolton, 319 F. Supp. 1048, (N.D. Ga. 1970), as to unconstitutionality of statutory limitation on reasons for abortion, see 22 Mercer L. Rev. 461 (1971). For comment on Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 93 S. Ct. 739, 35 L. Ed. 2d 201 (1973), and Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 (1973), see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 153 (1973). For comment, "The Trimester Approach: How Long Can the Legal Fiction Last?," see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 891 (1984).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ONE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY CONSENT TO ABORTION. --Since age of majority, and consequently age of emancipation from legal custody and control of parent is 18 years of age, a person 18 years of age or older may consent to an abortion. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-118.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Necessity, to warrant conviction of abortion, that fetus be living at time of commission of acts, 16 ALR2d 949.
Pregnancy as element of abortion or homicide based thereon, 46 ALR2d 1393.
Right of action for injury to or death of woman who consents to illegal abortion, 36 ALR3d 630.
Right of minor to have abortion performed without parental consent, 42 ALR3d 1406.
Validity of state statutes and regulations limiting or restricting public funding for abortions sought by indigent women, 20 ALR4th 1166.
Requisites and conditions of judicial consent to minor's abortion, 23 ALR4th 1061.
Constitutional right of prisoners to abortion services and facilities -- federal cases, 90 ALR Fed. 683.