§ 11-9-18 Care of babies born alive during
attempted abortions. –
Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and
intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an
infant born alive in the course of an abortion shall be guilty of a felony and
upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or
imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or both. Any physician, nurse, or
other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide
reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of
an abortion, and, as a result of that failure, the infant dies, shall be guilty
of the crime of manslaughter.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 280, § 1.)