Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 9 Crimes And Punishments - Chapter 9.02 Abortion
- 9.02.005 Transfer of duties to the department of health
The powers and duties of the state board of health under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health.[1989 1st ex.s. c 9 ...
- 9.02.050 Concealing birth
Every person who shall endeavor to conceal the birth of a child by any disposition of its dead body, whether the child died before or ...
- 9.02.100 Reproductive privacy -- Public policy
The sovereign people hereby declare that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions. Accordingly, it is the public ...
- 9.02.110 Right to have and provide
The state may not deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose to have an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or to ...
- 9.02.120 Unauthorized abortions -- Penalty
Unless authorized by RCW 9.02.110, any person who performs an abortion on another person shall be guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter ...
- 9.02.130 Defenses to prosecution
The good faith judgment of a physician as to viability of the fetus or as to the risk to life or health of a woman ...
- 9.02.140 State regulation
Any regulation promulgated by the state relating to abortion shall be valid only if: (1) The regulation is medically necessary to protect the life or ...
- 9.02.150 Refusing to perform
No person or private medical facility may be required by law or contract in any circumstances to participate in the performance of an abortion if ...
- 9.02.160 State-provided benefits
If the state provides, directly or by contract, maternity care benefits, services, or information to women through any program administered or funded in whole or ...
- 9.02.170 Definitions
For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Viability" means the point in the pregnancy when, in the judgment of the physician on the particular facts of ...
- 9.02.900 Construction -- 1992 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 120)
RCW 9.02.100 through 9.02.170 and 9.02.900 through 9.02.902 shall not be construed to define the state's interest in the fetus for any purpose other than ...
- 9.02.901 Severability -- 1992 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 120)
If any provision of RCW 9.02.100 through 9.02.170 and 9.02.900 through 9.02.902 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder ...
- 9.02.902 Short title -- 1992 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 120)
RCW 9.02.100 through 9.02.170 and 9.02.900 through 9.02.902 shall be known and may be cited as the Reproductive Privacy Act.[1992 c 1 § 12 (Initiative ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009