This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
The woman on whom the operation for procuring an abortion is performed is not an accomplice.7 The consent of the woman that an abortion may be performed on her is no defense,8 nor is her threat to commit suicide unless relieved of the child any lawful excuse for relieving her.9
 
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