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

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 9: Abortion, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-73

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-73Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
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.

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