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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-76.1 — Encouraging or promoting abortion
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 9: Abortion, Code of Virginia.
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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-76.1
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.
If any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or through the use of a referral agency for profit, or in any other manner, encourage or promote the performing of an abortion or the inducing of a miscarriage in this Commonwealth which is prohibited under this article, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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Is encouraging or promoting abortion a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?
Encouraging or promoting abortion is a class 3 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-76.1.
Which Virginia statute covers encouraging or promoting abortion?
Encouraging or promoting abortion is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-76.1 (Encouraging or promoting abortion).
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