Pregnancy: Criminal Proceedings
Title
Pregnancy: Criminal Proceedings
Description
This collection consists of laws and cases defining criminality relating to abortion, pregnancy, and contraception. It includes laws that define punishments for various pregnancy-related offenses, as well as regulations for how to proceed if a convicted person is pregnant.
Creator
Cecily Lawton
Collection Items
SEC 339, Code of Criminal Procedure of Puerto Rico 238 (1935).
This 1935 Puerto Rico code of criminal procedure details what to do if a pregnant person is sentenced to execution.
Sec. 9548. Attempting to procure abortion, (1922).
This 1922 Nebraska law prohibited abortion, unless performed by a physician in order to save the patient's life (a "therapeutic abortion"). It also established the rule requiring two physicians to evaluate the necessity of the abortion to save the…
Article 6. Revocation of Licenses. 71-601. Licenses, Revocation, Suspension, Causes, (1929)
This 1929 Nebraska law describes the provisions for revocation of a physician's license for "unprofessional conduct"--performing a non-therapeutic, illegal abortion.