Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:87.2 – A. Human experimentation is the use of any infant who is born alive, without consent of that live born human being, for any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of exp
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:87.2
- Infant: means the offspring of human parents from the moment of live birth, regardless of the duration of gestation in the womb prior to live birth. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:87.1
- live born human being: means a member of the species homo sapiens that is expelled or extracted from its mother, at any stage of development, who after that expulsion or extraction breathes or shows signs of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:87.1
A. Human experimentation is the use of any infant who is born alive, without consent of that live born human being, for any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study except to protect or preserve the life and health of the live born human being, or the conduct, on a human embryo or fetus in utero, of any experimentation or study except to preserve the life or to improve the health of the human embryo or fetus.
B. Whoever commits the crime of human experimentation on an infant born alive shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 77, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7; Acts 2022, No. 545, §2.