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CurrentHealth practitioner must not terminate pregnancy for sex selection
Part 2Termination of pregnancies
Division 1Lawful termination of pregnancies
12 Health practitioner must not terminate pregnancy for sex selection
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a registered health practitioner must not perform a termination of a pregnancy for the purposes of sex‑selection.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a termination if the registered health practitioner is satisfied that there is a substantial risk that the person born after the pregnancy (but for the termination) would suffer a sex‑linked medical condition that would result in serious disability to that person.
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