§ 32.1-92.2 Funding of certain abortions where fetus is believed to have incapacitating physical deformity or mental deficiency; physician’s certificate
From the moneys appropriated to the Department from the general fund, the Board shall fund abortions for women who otherwise meet the financial eligibility criteria of the State Medical Assistance Plan in any case in which a physician who is trained and qualified to perform such tests certifies in writing, after appropriate tests have been performed, that he believes the fetus will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.
History
This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 645 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 “Acts” aren’t available online.
1982, c. 645.