ABORTION LAW REFORM ACT 2008 (NO. 58 OF 2008) - SECT 1 Purposes
ABORTION LAW REFORM ACT 2008 (NO. 58 OF 2008) - SECT 1
PurposesThe main purposes of this Act are—
(a) to reform the law relating to abortion; and
(b) to regulate health practitioners performing abortions; and
(c) to amend the Crimes Act 1958 —
(i) to repeal the provisions relating to abortion; and
(ii) to abolish the common law offences relating to abortion; and
(iii) to make it an offence for an unqualified person to perform an abortion; and
(iv) to amend the definition of serious injury to include the destruction of a foetus other than in the course of a medical procedure.