---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 50.304"
title: "42"
number: "50.304"
heading: "Life of the mother would be endangered."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/50.304"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 13868, July 21, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 118, Pub. L. 96-86, Oct. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 4570, Feb. 2, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215, Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690 (42 U.S.C. 216); Sec. 1006, Public Health Service Act, 84 Stat. 1507 (42 U.S.C. 300a-4), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 13868, July 21, 1978]