Delaware Statutes

§ 1789 — Penalty and criminal jurisdiction

Delaware § 1789
JurisdictionDelaware
Title24
Ch. 17MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT
Subch.Parental Notice of Abortion Act

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Del. Code tit. 24, § 1789 (2026).

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(a)Any person who intentionally performs an abortion with knowledge that, or with reckless disregard as to whether, the person upon whom the abortion has been performed is an unemancipated minor, and who intentionally or knowingly fails to conform to any requirement of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b)The Superior Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this section.

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Legislative History

70 Del. Laws, c. 238, § 1

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