Abortion Act 1967 c.87.pdf

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1、Changestolegislation:TherearecurrentlynoknownoutstandingeffectsfortheAbortionAct1967.(SeeendofDocumentfordetails)AbortionAct19671967CHAPTER87AnActtoamendandclarifythelawrelatingtoterminationofpregnancybyregisteredmedicalpractitioners.[27thOctober1967]Annotations:Modificationsetc.(notalter

2、ingtext)C1Act:transferoffunctions(1.7.1999)byS.I.1999/672,art.2,Sch.1C2ReferencestoMinisterofHealthtobeconstruedasreferencestoSecretaryofState:S.I.1969/1688,arts.2,3,5(4)(a)C3Actmodified(temp.1.4.1991to30.4.1991)byS.I.1991/480,art.3(3)-(5)CommencementInformationI1Actwhollyinforce27.4.1968

3、sees.7(2)Annotations:Modificationsetc.(notalteringtext)C1Act:transferoffunctions(1.7.1999)byS.I.1999/672,art.2,Sch.1C2ReferencestoMinisterofHealthtobeconstruedasreferencestoSecretaryofState:S.I.1969/1688,arts.2,3,5(4)(a)C3Actmodified(temp.1.4.1991to30.4.1991)byS.I.1991/480,art.3(3)-(5)Com

4、mencementInformationI1Actwhollyinforce27.4.1968sees.7(2)1Medicalterminationofpregnancy.(1)Subjecttotheprovisionsofthissection,apersonshallnotbeguiltyofanoffenceunderthelawrelatingtoabortionwhenapregnancyisterminatedbyaregisteredmedicalpractitioneriftworegisteredmedicalpractitionersareofth

5、eopinion,formedingoodfaith—2AbortionAct1967(c.87)DocumentGenerated:2011-06-01Changestolegislation:TherearecurrentlynoknownoutstandingeffectsfortheAbortionAct1967.(SeeendofDocumentfordetails)F1[(a)thatthepregnancyhasnotexceededitstwenty-fourthweekandthatthecontinuanceofthepregnancywouldinv

6、olverisk,greaterthanifthepregnancywereterminated,ofinjurytothephysicalormentalhealthofthepregnantwomanoranyexistingchildrenofherfamily;or(b)thattheterminationisnecessarytopreventgravepermanentinjurytothephysicalormentalhealthofthepregnantwoman;or(c)thatthecontinuanceofthepregnancywouldinv

7、olverisktothelifeofthepregnantwoman,greaterthanifthepregnancywereterminated;or(d)thatthereisasubstantialriskthatifthechildwerebornitwouldsufferfromsuchphysicalormentalabnormalitiesastobeseriouslyhandicapped.](2)Indeterminingwhetherthecontinuanceofapregnancywouldinvo