Hahaha. Fuck. Where does it say this legally? I need to show my friend.
Sections 82-84 of the NSW Crimes Act
Section 82 – Administering drugs etc to herself by woman with child
Whosoever, being a woman with child, unlawfully administers to herself any drug or noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means, with intent in any such case to procure her miscarriage, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years.
Section 83 – Administering drugs etc to woman with intent
Whosoever, unlawfully administers to, or causes to be taken by, any woman, whether with child or not, any drug or noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means, with intent in any such case to procure her miscarriage, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years.
Section 84 – Procuring drugs etc
Whosoever unlawfully supplies or procures any drug or noxious thing, or any instrument or thing whatsoever, knowing that the same is intended to be unlawfully used with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether with child or not, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years
Pursuant to
R v Wald, 1971, the NSW Attorney-General, the Hon. Kenneth McCaw MP, issued a statement outlining the law in 1974:
an abortion performed by an unqualified person, whatever be the circumstances, is punishable by penal servitude for 10 years;
there is no offence where a duly qualified medical practitioner terminates a pregnancy in the bona fide belief that the continuation of the pregnancy places the woman’s life or health in greater jeopardy than its termination;
where no such bona fide belief exists, the medical practitioner is also liable to penal servitude for 10 years.
