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.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-71
Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Mazurek v. Armstrong (1997)
Most recently applied in Falls Church Med. Ctr., LLC v. Oliver (September 2018)
Code 1950, § 18.1-62; 1960, c. 358; 1970, c. 508; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.