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Statutes > Georgia > Title-16 > Chapter-12 > Article-5 > 16-12-140O.C.G.A. 16-12-140 (2010)
16-12-140. Criminal abortion
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 16-12-141, a person commits the offense of criminal abortion when he administers any medicine, drugs, or other substance whatever to any woman or when he uses any instrument or other means whatever upon any woman with intent to produce a miscarriage or abortion.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of criminal abortion shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.
