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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-72 — When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 9: Abortion, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-72

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. § 18.2-72Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71 , it shall be lawful for (i) any physician licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery or (ii) any person jointly licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse and acting within such person's scope of practice 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 first trimester of pregnancy.

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