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Attempts to procure abortion
150.
Any person who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of a woman, whether she
is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to her or causes her to take
any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of any kind, or uses any
other means whatever, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be liable to
imprisonment for 10 years.
The like by woman with child
151.
Any woman who, being with child, with intent to procure her own miscarriage, unlawfully
administers to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or uses any force of
any kind, or uses any other means whatever, or permits any such thing or means
to be administered or used to her, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be
liable to imprisonment for life.
Supplying drugs or instruments to procure
abortion
152.
Any person who unlawfully supplies to or procures for any person anything
whatever, knowing that it is intended to be unlawfully used with intent to
procure the miscarriage of a woman, whether she is or is not with child, is
guilty of a felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years.
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Killing an unborn child
214.
Any person who, with intent to destroy the life of a child capable of being
born alive, by any wilful act causes a child to die
before it has an existence independent of its mother, is guilty of a felony
known as child destruction, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life:
Provided that no person shall be found guilty
of an offence under this section unless it is proved that the act which caused
the death of the child was not done in good faith for the purpose of preserving
the life of the mother.
Evidence
215.
For the purposes of section 214, evidence that a woman had at any material time
been pregnant for a period of 28 weeks or more shall be prima facie
proof that she was at that time pregnant of a child capable of being born
alive.
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Surgical operation
227.
A person is not criminally responsible for performing in good faith and with
reasonable care and skill a surgical operation upon any person for the benefit,
or upon any unborn child for the preservation of the mother's life, if the
performance of the operation is reasonable, having regard to the patient's
state at the time and to all the circumstances of the case.