Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland

Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland

The legislative provisions which make it an offence to procure a miscarriage unlawfully or assist in the unlawful procurement are to be found in sections 58 and 59 or the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. In recent years the most common way for an Irish woman to obtain an abortion has been to le...

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Main Author: FINDLAY, Mark
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1980
Subjects:
Criminal conspiracy
Jurisdiction
Criminals
Criminal law
Criminal prosecution
Criminal offenses
Political parties
International conspiracies
Abortions
Pregnancy
Criminal Law
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2056
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4008/viewcontent/CriminalLiabilityAbortionsIreland_15IrishJurist.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:The legislative provisions which make it an offence to procure a miscarriage unlawfully or assist in the unlawful procurement are to be found in sections 58 and 59 or the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. In recent years the most common way for an Irish woman to obtain an abortion has been to leave the Republic and obtain such an operation in Britain, where the restrictions imposed on the medical profession with regard to performing operations are far less onerous. How then would the Irish courts view secondary parties to such extra-territorial activities?

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