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Risk to life or health
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9. (1) A termination of pregnancy may be carried out in accordance with this section where 2 medical practitioners, having examined the pregnant woman, are of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that—
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(a) there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman,
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(b) the foetus has not reached viability, and
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(c) it is appropriate to carry out the termination of pregnancy in order to avert the risk referred to in paragraph (a).
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(2) Of the 2 medical practitioners referred to in subsection (1)—
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(a) one shall be an obstetrician, and
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(b) the other shall be an appropriate medical practitioner.
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(3) A termination of pregnancy shall not be carried out under this section unless each of the medical practitioners referred to in subsection (1) has certified his or her opinion as to the matters referred to in that subsection.
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(4) The termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3) relates shall be carried out—
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(a) by the obstetrician referred to in subsection (2)(a), or
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(b) where the medical practitioner referred to in subsection (2)(b) is also an obstetrician, by that obstetrician or the obstetrician referred to in subsection (2)(a).
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