Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018
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Risk to life or health in emergency | ||
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10. (1) Notwithstanding the generality of section 9 , or any determination made or pending pursuant to section 16 of an application under section 13 (2), a termination of pregnancy may be carried out in accordance with this section by a medical practitioner where, having examined the pregnant woman, he or she is of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that— | ||
(a) there is an immediate risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman, and | ||
(b) it is immediately necessary to carry out the termination of pregnancy in order to avert that risk. | ||
(2) Where a medical practitioner proposes to carry out a termination of pregnancy under this section, he or she shall certify his or her opinion as to the matters referred to in subsection (1)— | ||
(a) before carrying out the termination of pregnancy concerned, or | ||
(b) where it is not practicable to do so before carrying out the termination of pregnancy, as soon as may be but, in any event, not later than 3 days after the carrying out of the termination of pregnancy concerned. |