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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:26"
article_number: "26"
status: active
heading: "Unborn child"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title I"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109656"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 125, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 125
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 26. Unborn child

An unborn child shall be considered as a natural person for whatever relates to its interests from the moment of conception. If the child is born dead, it shall be considered never to have existed as a person, except for purposes of actions resulting from its wrongful death.