Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception--Penalty

Any person who administers to any person or who prescribes or procures for any person any medicine, drug, or substance or uses or employs any instrument or other means with intent thereby to procure an abortion, as defined in § 34-23A-1 , unless there is appropriate and reasonable medical judgment that performance of an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant female, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SL 2005, ch 187, § 6; SL 2026, ch 99, § 1; SL 2026, ch 100, § 1.