Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 329:37 - Civil PenaltiesI. The father, if married to the mother at the time she receives a partial-birth abortion procedure, and, if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the fetus may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.II. Such relief shall include: (a) Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the violation of this subdivision; and(b) Statutory damages equal to 3 times the cost of the partial-birth abortion.Added by 2012, 283:2, eff. 1/1/2013. 2012, 283:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.