When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-73
in effectNotwithstanding 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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