H297 - End Marketing/Sale Unborn Children Body Parts (SL 2015-265)

Overview: S.L. 2015-265 prohibits the sale of the remains of an unborn child resulting from an abortion, or of any aborted material. The act also prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from allocating funds to support contracts with any abortion providers that provide family planning services, pregnancy prevention activities, or adolescent parenting programs under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives.

This act became effective October 1, 2015, and the provisions prohibiting the sale of the remains of an unborn child apply to offenses committed on or after that date.