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ABORTION LAW REFORM ACT 2019 - SECT 5

Termination by medical practitioners at not more than 22 weeks

5 Termination by medical practitioners at not more than 22 weeks

(1) A person who is a medical practitioner may perform a termination on a person who is not more than 22 weeks pregnant.
(2) The medical practitioner may perform the termination on the person only if the medical practitioner has obtained informed consent to the termination from--
(a) the person, or
(b) if the person lacks the capacity to give informed consent to the termination, a person lawfully authorised to give consent on the person's behalf.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if, in an emergency, it is not practicable to obtain the person's informed consent.



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