California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 123435

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.

The rights to medical treatment of an infant prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as the rights of an infant of similar medical status prematurely born spontaneously.

Cite this section

Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 123435 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/hsc/division-106-personal-health-care-including-maternal-child-and-adolescent/part-2-maternal-child-and-adolescent-health/chapter-2-maternal-health/article-2-abortion/section-123435

Other sections in Article 2 - Abortion

§ 123420§ 123425§ 123430§ 123435§ 123440§ 123445

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