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Attempts to procure abortion
157. 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 life.
The like by woman with child
158. Any woman who, being with child, with intent to
procure her own miscarriage, unlawfully administers to herself any child 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
159. 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
five years.
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Killing an unborn child
221.- (1) Any person who, with intent to destroy the life
of a unborn 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
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.
(2) For the purposes of this section, evidence that a
woman had at any material time been pregnant for a period of twenty eight 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
234. A person is not criminally responsible for
performing in good faith and with reasonable care and skill a surgical
operation upon any person for his benefit, or upon an 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.