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Article L2222-2 of the French Public Health Code

Termination of another person’s pregnancy is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a €30,000 fine if it is knowingly carried out in one of the following circumstances: 1° After the expiry of the period within which it is authorised by law, unless it is carried out for a medical reason ; 2° By a person who is not a doctor or midwife; 3° In a place other than a public…

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Article L2222-4 of the French Public Health Code

Providing a woman with the material means to terminate her own pregnancy is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €45,000. These penalties are increased to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros if the offence is committed on a regular basis. Under no circumstances may the woman be considered an accomplice to this act. Prescribing or dispensing authorised medication with the aim of inducing a…

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Article L2223-1 of the French Public Health Code

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the acts, and whose statutory purpose includes defending the rights of women to access contraception and termination of pregnancy, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in article L. 2223-2 when the acts were committed with a view to preventing or attempting to prevent a voluntary…

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Article L2223-2 of the French Public Health Code

It is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to prevent or attempt to prevent anyone from carrying out or obtaining information about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or the prior procedures provided for by articles L. 2212-3 to L. 2212-8 by any means, including electronically or online, in particular by disseminating or transmitting allegations or information likely to intentionally mislead, with a view to dissuading,…

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