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Section 241 Removal of women from the criminal law related to abortionI1

England and Wales

For the purposes of the law related to abortion, including sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929, no offence is committed by a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy.

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S. 241 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(2)(j)