Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-72 When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy

§ 18.2-72. When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71, it shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery, to terminate or attempt to terminate a human pregnancy or aid or assist in the termination of a human pregnancy by performing an abortion or causing a miscarriage on any woman during the first trimester of pregnancy.

(1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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