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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 18.2-74.1. Abortion, etc., when necessary to save life of woman
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-74.1 (2019)
In the event it is necessary for a licensed physician to terminate a human pregnancy or assist in the termination of a human pregnancy by performing an abortion or causing a miscarriage on any woman in order to save her life, in the opinion of the physician so performing the abortion or causing the miscarriage, §§ 18.2-71, 18.2-73 and 18.2-74 shall not be applicable.
Code 1950, § 18.1-62.3; 1970, c. 508; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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