14:87.2 C.Human experimentation - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of human experimentation shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:87.3 A.(1)Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - unlawful to buy, sell, receive or transfer a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion
No person may knowingly and for money, including but not limited to fees for storage or handling, any payments for reimbursement, repayments, or compensation, or any other consideration, buy, sell, receive, or otherwise transfer or acquire a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:87.3 A.(2)Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - unlawful to transport with the intent to sell or otherwise transfer a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion.
No person may knowingly and for money, including but not limited to fees for storage or handling, any payments for reimbursement, repayments, or compensation, or any other consideration, transport with the intent to sell or otherwise transfer a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:87.3 A.(3)Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - transport a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion that has been acquired by any person via any transaction prohibited by this Section
No person may knowingly and for money, including but not limited to fees for storage or handling, any payments for reimbursement, repayments, or compensation, or any other consideration, transport a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion that has been acquired by any person via any transaction prohibited by this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:87.3 B.Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - Definitions of 'fetal body part', 'induced abortion', 'miscarriage or stillbirth', 'receive', and 'unborn child' as part of this Section any transaction prohibited by this Section
Definitions of 'fetal body part', 'induced abortion', 'miscarriage or stillbirth', 'receive', and 'unborn child' as part of this Section
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:87.3 C.Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - after an induced abortion, no person shall intentinonally cut, resection, harvest or remove any body part or tissue for sale, transport, research or profit
After an induced abortion has been completed, no person shall intentionally cut, resection, excise, harvest, or remove any body part, organ, or tissue of the aborted unborn child for any purpose prohibited by this Section, or for sale, commerce, transport, research, or profit.
Effective: 06/14/2017 - Present
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14:87.3 D.Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - exceptions
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any transaction related to the final disposition of the bodily remains of the aborted human being in accordance with state law, or to prohibit any conduct permitted under state law that is undertaken for providing knowledge solely to the mother, such as for pathological or diagnostic purposes, or for providing knowledge solely to law enforcement officers, such as the case of an autopsy following a feticide Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the donation of bodily remains from a human embryo or fetus whose death was caused by a natural miscarriage or stillbirth. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect existing federal or state law regarding abortion.
Effective: 06/14/2017 - Present
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14:87.3 E.Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - penalty
Any person who violates this Section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than fifty years, at least ten years of which shall be served without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, and may, in addition, be required to pay a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars.
Effective: 06/14/2017 - Present
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14:87.3 F.Prohibited harvesting or removal of fetal body parts for sale - the Fetal Organ Whistleblower Account, hereinafter referred to as 'the account', is hereby created in the state treasury.
The Fetal Organ Whistleblower Account, hereinafter referred to as 'the account', is hereby created in the state treasury.
Effective: 06/01/2018 - Present
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14:87.4 A.Abortion advertising - charging and definition
Abortion advertising is the placing or carrying of any advertisement of abortion services by the publicizing of the availability of abortion services.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:87.4 B.Abortion advertising - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of abortion advertising shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:87.5Intentional failure to sustain the life and health of an aborted viable infant - charging, definition and penalty
The intentional failure to sustain the life and health of an aborted viable infant is the intentional failure, by any physician or person performing or inducing an abortion, to exercise that degree of professional care and diligence, and to perform such measures as constitute good medical practice, necessary to sustain the life and health of an aborted viable infant, when the death of the infant results. For purposes of this Section, 'viable' means that stage of fetal development when the life of the unborn child may be continued indefinitely outside the womb by natural or artificial life-supporting systems. One who commits this crime shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty-one years.
Effective: 09/07/1977 - Present
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14:87.6 A.Coerced abortion - charging and definition
Coerced abortion is committed when any person intentionally engages in the use or threatened use of physical force against the person of a pregnant woman, with the intent to compel the pregnant woman to undergo an abortion against her will, whether or not the abortion procedure has been attempted or completed.
Effective: 06/01/2018 - Present
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14:87.6 B.Coerced abortion - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of coerced abortion shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
Effective: 06/01/2018 - Present
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14:88 A.(1)Distribution of abortifacients - intentional distribution or advertisement for distribution of drug, potion, instrument or artile for procuring an abortion
Distribution of abortifacients is the intentional distribution or advertisement for distribution of any drug, potion, instrument, or article for the purpose of procuring an abortion
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:88 A.(2)Distribution of abortifacients - intentional publication of any advertisement or account of any secret drug or nostrum purporting to be exclusively for the use of females, for preventing conception or producing abortion or miscarriage.
Distribution of abortifacients is the intentional publication of any advertisement or account of any secret drug or nostrum purporting to be exclusively for the use of females, for preventing conception or producing abortion or miscarriage.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:88 B.Distribution of abortifacients - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of distribution of abortifacients shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:89Crime against nature
Crime against nature
Effective: 05/25/2018 - Present
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14:89 A.(1)Crime against nature - unnatural carnal copulation
Crime against nature is the unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex, except that anal sexual intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nature when done under any of the circumstances described in R.S. 14:41, 42, 42.1, or 43. Emission is not necessary; and, when committed by a human being with another, the use of the genital organ of one of the offenders of whatever sex is sufficient to constitute the crime.
Effective: 05/25/2018 - Present
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14:89 A.(2)Crime against nature - marriage to, or secual intercourse with any ascendant or descendant with knowledge of their relationship
Crime against nature is the marriage to, or sexual intercourse with, any ascendant or descendant, brother or sister, uncle or niece, aunt or nephew, with knowledge of their relationship. The relationship must be by consanguinity, but it is immaterial whether the parties to the act are related to one another by the whole or half blood. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply where one person, not a resident of this state at the time of the celebration of his marriage, contracted a marriage lawful at the place of celebration and thereafter removed to this state.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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14:89 B.(1)Crime against nature - penalty
Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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14:89 B.(2)Crime against nature - penalty for violation of (A)(1) when victim is under 18
(2) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section with a person under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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14:89 B.(3)Crime against nature - penalty for violation of (A)(1) when victim is under 14
Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section with a person under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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14:89 B.(4)Crime against nature - penalty for violation of Paragraph (A)(2) where the crime is between an ascendant and descendant, or between brother and sister
Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, where the crime is between an ascendant and descendant, or between brother and sister, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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14:89 B.(5)Crime against nature - penalty for violation of Paragraph (A)(2) when crime is between uncle and niece or and and nephew
Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, where the crime is between uncle and niece, or aunt and nephew, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Effective: 06/12/2014 - Present
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