Abortion Laws in Trinidad and Tobago
Law, Regulations | Offences against the Person Act, 1926. |
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Indications | Life (implied on the ground of necessity). |
Time limit | Not specified. |
Providers | Not specified. |
Location of Services | Not specified. |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Offences Against the Person Act.
Attempts to Procure Abortion
56. Every woman, being with child, who, with intent to procure her own miscarriage, unlawfully administers to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, and any person who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to her or causes to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, is liable to imprisonment for four years.
57. Any person who unlawfully supplies or procures any poison or other noxious thing, or any instrument or thing whatsoever, knowing that the same is intended to be unlawfully used or employed with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she is or is not with child, is liable to imprisonment for two years.