Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
6-1980
Abstract
The legislative provisions which make it an offence to procure a miscarriage unlawfully or assist in the unlawful procurement are to be found in sections 58 and 59 or the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. In recent years the most common way for an Irish woman to obtain an abortion has been to leave the Republic and obtain such an operation in Britain, where the restrictions imposed on the medical profession with regard to performing operations are far less onerous. How then would the Irish courts view secondary parties to such extra-territorial activities?
Keywords
Criminal conspiracy, Jurisdiction, Criminals, Criminal law, Criminal prosecution, Criminal offenses, Political parties, International conspiracies, Abortions, Pregnancy
Discipline
Criminal Law | Jurisdiction
Publication
Irish Jurist
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
88
Last Page
98
ISSN
0021-1273
Citation
FINDLAY, Mark.
Criminal Liability for Complicity in Abortions Committed Outside Ireland. (1980). Irish Jurist. 15, (1), 88-98.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2056
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Additional URL
http://www.jstor.org/stable/44027515