Louisiana § 40:1061.18 Abortion sought due to rape or certain acts of crime against nature; reporting and

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§ 40:1061.18 — Abortion sought due to rape or certain acts of crime against nature; reporting and

Louisiana § 40:1061.18

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La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1061.18 (2026).

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§1061.18. Abortion sought due to rape or certain acts of crime against nature; reporting and certification A. Whenever an abortion is being sought pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.6 to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape, prior to the abortion all of the following requirements shall be met:

(1)The rape victim shall report the rape to a law enforcement official unless the treating physician certifies in writing that in the physician's professional opinion, the victim was too physically or psychologically incapacitated to report the rape.

(2)The victim certifies that the pregnancy is the result of rape, which certificate shall be witnessed by the treating physician. B. Whenever an abortion is being sought pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.6 to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an

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§1061.18. Abortion sought due to rape or certain acts of crime against nature; reporting and
certification
A. Whenever an abortion is being sought pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.6 to terminate a
pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape, prior to the abortion all of the following
requirements shall be met:
(1) The rape victim shall report the rape to a law enforcement official unless the
treating physician certifies in writing that in the physician's professional opinion, the victim
was too physically or psychologically incapacitated to report the rape.
(2) The victim certifies that the pregnancy is the result of rape, which certificate shall
be witnessed by the treating physician.
B. Whenever an abortion is being sought pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.6 to terminate a
pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of crime against nature as defined by R.S.
14:89(A)(2), prior to the abortion all of the following requirements shall be met:
(1) The victim of crime against nature as defined by R.S. 14:89(A)(2) shall report
the act to a law enforcement official unless the treating physician certifies in writing that in
the physician's professional opinion the victim was too physically or psychologically
incapacitated to report the act.
(2) The victim certifies that the pregnancy is the result of crime against nature as
defined by R.S. 14:89(A)(2), which certificate shall be witnessed by the treating physician.
C. The failure of the victim to comply with Subsection A or B, as applicable, shall
not subject the victim to the provisions of R.S. 40:1061.28.
D. Whenever an abortion is being sought pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.6 to terminate a
pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or crime against nature as defined by R.S.
14:89(A)(2), the victim may request spiritual counseling and shall be offered the same
informed consent information, without the seventy-two-hour or twenty-four-hour delay,
whichever may be applicable pursuant to R.S. 40:1061.17(B), prior to the performance of the
abortion.

Legislative History

Acts 1994, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Aug. 23, 1994; Acts 2005, No. 421, §1; Acts 2014, No. 602, §6, eff. June 12, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.35.7 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2016, No. 97, §1.