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
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1980
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-40082017-05-22T07:07:35Z Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland FINDLAY, Mark 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? 1980-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2056 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4008/viewcontent/CriminalLiabilityAbortionsIreland_15IrishJurist.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Criminal conspiracy Jurisdiction Criminals Criminal law Criminal prosecution Criminal offenses Political parties International conspiracies Abortions Pregnancy Criminal Law Jurisdiction
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Singapore
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topic Criminal conspiracy
Jurisdiction
Criminals
Criminal law
Criminal prosecution
Criminal offenses
Political parties
International conspiracies
Abortions
Pregnancy
Criminal Law
Jurisdiction
spellingShingle Criminal conspiracy
Jurisdiction
Criminals
Criminal law
Criminal prosecution
Criminal offenses
Political parties
International conspiracies
Abortions
Pregnancy
Criminal Law
Jurisdiction
FINDLAY, Mark
Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
description 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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author FINDLAY, Mark
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title Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
title_short Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
title_full Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
title_fullStr Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland
title_sort criminal liability for complicity in abortions committed outside ireland
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1980
url 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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