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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-71 — Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty

18.2-71. Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty

Except as provided in other sections of this article, if any person administer to, or cause to be taken by a woman, any drug or other thing, or use means, with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and thereby destroy such child, or produce such abortion or miscarriage, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

History and annotations

Code 1950, § 18.1-62; 1960, c. 358; 1970, c. 508; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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