2011 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY.
Chapter 4 Crimes Against the Person (18.2-30 thru 18.2-76.2)
18.2-73 When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy
18.2-73. When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of 18.2-71 and in addition to the provisions of 18.2-72, 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 second trimester of pregnancy and prior to the third trimester of pregnancy provided such procedure is performed in a hospital licensed by the State Department of Health or operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
(1975, cc. 14, 15; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)
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