Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland

• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...