Pregnancy and Childbirth: Related Laws

U.S.

• U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 158 - Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teens and Women

Alabama

• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 23D - Ectopic Pregnancy
• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act

Arizona

• Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 6 > Article 7.2 - Doulas
• Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 14 - Human Eggs

Delaware

• Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 8C - Screening of Newborn Infants for Metabolic, Hematologic, Endocrinologic, Immunologic, and Certain Structural Disorders
• Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 8D - Maternal Mental Health
• Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 30O - Dispensing and Dispensing and Administering Injectable Hormonal Contraceptives by Pharmacists

Florida

• Florida Regulations > Chapter 64-5 - Out-of-Hospital Birth Adverse Incident Reporting
• Florida Regulations > Chapter 64F-25 - Prenatal Care

Guam

• Guam Code > Title 10 > Chapter 4 - Universal newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (UNHSIA) of 2004 Chapter 4A: Dead Bodies
• Guam Code > Title 10 > Chapter 92 - Maternity Stay Act

Hawaii

• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 323J - Reproductive Health Care Services

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 93 - Idaho Unborn Infants Dignity Act
• Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 99 - Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information Act

Illinois

• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 210 ILCS 170 - Birth Center Licensing Act
• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 405 ILCS 120 - Maternal Mental Health Conditions Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act
• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 775 ILCS 55 - Reproductive Health Act

Indiana

• Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 50 - Maternal Mortality Review

Kansas

• Kansas Statutes > Chapter 23 > Article 23 - Assisted Conception, Reproductive Technology

Louisiana

• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 2 > Part VIII - Commemorative Certificate of Miscarried Child
• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 46 > Chapter 8 - Maternal and Child Health Services
• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 46 > Chapter 15 - Continuum of Care for Certain Pregnant Women and Parents
• Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 47 > Subtitle VII > Chapter 2-A - Maternal Wellness Center Tax Credits

Michigan

• Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > Act 286 of 2023 - Reproductive Health Act
• Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 24 of 2024 - Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act

Nebraska

• Nebraska Statutes > Newborn Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Act
• Nebraska Statutes > Child and Maternal Death Review Act
• Nebraska Statutes > Infant Hearing Act
• Nebraska Statutes > Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act
• Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Pregnancy Help Act

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 417-G - Access to Fertility Care

New Mexico

• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 24 > Article 9 - Sterilization
• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 24 > Article 32 - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Prevention
• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 61 > Article 3B - Lactation Care Provider

New York

• New York Laws > General Business > Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers
• New York Laws > Public Health > Article 25-A - Reproductive Health Act

North Dakota

• North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-45 - Umbilical Cord Blood Disposition
• North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-51 - Maternal Mortality Review Committee

Ohio

• Ohio Code > Chapter 3738 - Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-4.13 - Reproductive Privacy Act
• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-13.6 - Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 2014

South Dakota

• South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 28 > Chapter 6B - Medical Care for Unborn Children

Tennessee

• Tennessee Code > Title 50 > Chapter 10 - Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
• Tennessee Code > Title 63 > Chapter 15 - Doula Services Advisory Committee

Utah

• Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7a - Breastfeeding Protection Act

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 20 - Birth Information Network
• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 30 - Maternal Mortality Review Panel
• Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 17 - Breastfeeding

Washington

• Washington Code > Chapter 18.47 - Birth doulas
• Washington Code > Chapter 19.380 - Surrogacy brokers
• Washington Code > Chapter 70.400 - Health care entities -- Pregnancy complications

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 5 > Article 11B - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 2N - Neonatal Abstinence Centers
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 4E - Uniform Maternal Screening Act
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 44 - The Pulse Oximetry Newborn Testing Act
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 58 - Family Planning Access Act