[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR50.304]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 50_POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart C_Abortions and Related Medical Services in Federally Assisted 

                  Programs of the Public Health Service

 

Sec.  50.304  Life of the mother would be endangered.



    Federal financial participation is available in expenditures for an 

abortion when a physician has found, and so certified in writing to the 

program or project, that on the basis of his/her professional judgment, 

the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 

term. The certification must contain the name and address of the 

patient.



(Sec. 101, Pub. L. 95-205, 91 Stat. 1461, Dec. 9, 1977)



[43 FR 13868, July 21, 1978]