45 CFR § 1643.3 - Prohibition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1643.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1643.3 - Prohibition."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1643.3"
section_name: "Prohibition."
chapter_name: "LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION"
part_number: "1643"
part_name: "RESTRICTION ON ASSISTED SUICIDE, EUTHANASIA, AND MERCY KILLING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 105-12; 42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)(11)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 67749, Dec. 30, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1643"
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# 1643.3 Prohibition.

No recipient may use LSC funds to assist in, support, or fund any activity or service which has a purpose of assisting in, or to bring suit or provide any other form of legal assistance for the purpose of:

(a) Securing or funding any item, benefit, program, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual;

(b) Compelling any person, institution, or governmental entity to provide or fund any item, benefit, program, or service for such purpose; or

(c) Asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual.