31-9-5. Applicability of chapter to abortion and sterilization procedures.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

This chapter shall not apply in any manner whatsoever to abortion and sterilization procedures, which procedures shall continue to be governed by existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this chapter.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 88-2902, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 438, § 1.

Cross references

Abortion generally, § 16-12-140 et seq. Performance of sterilization procedure, § 31-20-1 et seq.

Law reviews

For article, “To Be Seen But Not Heard: How the Internet’s Negative Impact on Minors’ Constitutional Right to Privacy, Speech, and Autonomy Creates a Need for Empathy-By-Design,” see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 463 (2022).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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