39-15-208 - Research, photography, sale, and experimentation upon aborted fetuses Penalty for violation. - Tennessee Statutes

39-15-208. Research, photography, sale, and experimentation upon aborted fetuses Penalty for violation.

(a)  It is unlawful for any person, agency, corporation, partnership or association to engage in medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon an aborted fetus without the prior knowledge and consent of the mother.

(b)  No person, agency, corporation, partnership or association shall offer money or anything of value for an aborted fetus; nor shall any person, agency, corporation, partnership or association accept any money or anything of value for an aborted fetus.

(c)  It is the express intent of the general assembly that nothing in the provisions of this section shall be construed to grant to a fetus any legal right not possessed by a fetus prior to July 1, 1979.

(d)  A violation of this section is punishable as a Class E felony.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]