Missouri § 188.020 Physician, required to perform.

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§ 188.020 — Physician, required to perform.

Missouri § 188.020

Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Ch. 188Regulation of Abortions

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.020 (2026).

Text

No person shall perform or induce an abortion except a physician.

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Legislative History

(L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 3, A.L. 1979 H.B. 523, et al.) Effective 6-29-79

Nearby Sections

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§ 188.010

Intent of general assembly.

§ 188.015

Definitions.

§ 188.017

Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act — limitation on abortions, when — affirmative defense — contingent effective date.

§ 188.018

Severability clause.

§ 188.020

Physician, required to perform.

§ 188.021

RU-486, administration of, requirements — limitation on prescribing certain abortion-inducing drugs and chemicals, when, complication plan required — rulemaking authority.

§ 188.023

Reports of rape or under age eighteen sexual abuse, required to report, how.

§ 188.025

Hospital required, when.

§ 188.026

Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act — findings of general assembly — interests of the state of Missouri.

§ 188.027

Consent, voluntary and informed, required — procedure, contents — information to be presented in person — information on risks — medical emergency, procedure — payment prohibited, when — written materials required, when — emergency rules authorized — waiting period restrained or enjoined, effect of.

§ 188.028

Minors, abortion requirements and procedure.

§ 188.030

Abortion of viable unborn child prohibited, exceptions — physician duties — violations, penalty — severability — right of intervention, when.

§ 188.031

Next friend defined for purposes of the procedure for a minor to obtain an abortion.

§ 188.033

Out-of-state abortion facilities, in-state facilities giving information about, requirements.

§ 188.035

Death of child aborted alive deemed murder in second degree, when.

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