Document:National Health (Parental Consent for Therapeutic Abortions) Bill

National Health (Parental Consent for Therapeutic Abortions) Bill

Long title	An Act to prevent the procurement of a therapeutic abortion by minor children unless the consent of a parent or guardian has been obtained;
Date of Royal Assent	Still before Parliament

The QUEEN, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, enacts as follows:

1. No medical practitioner shall be authorised to induce a miscarriage in a minor child unless:

(a) he shall have received the written consent of the parent or guardian of the said minor child; or

(b) the procedure shall have been authorised by a judge or other magistrate.

2. Any person who violates section 1 of this act is:

(a) guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine of not less than five hundred pounds and not more than two thousand five hundred pounds; and

(b) to be referred to the Ibaglian Medical Practitioner's Licensure Board.

3. This Act may be cited as the National Health (Parental Consent for Therapeutic Abortions) Act, 2007.