American Samoa § 46.3906 - Distributing abortifacients.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 46.3906 — Distributing abortifacients., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.3906. Distributing abortifacients.
(a) A person commits the crime of distributing abortifacients if he gives, distributes or sells any drug, medicine, or other abortifacient or anything specially designed to terminate a pregnancy and: (1) he knows it to be an abortifacient or something specially designed to terminate a pregnancy; or (2) he reasonably believes it will be used as an abortifacient or to terminate a pregnancy. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any gift, distribution, or sale to a physician or a licensed pharmacist or to an intermediary in a chain of distribution to physicians or pharmacists, nor to any gift, distribution, or sale made upon the prescription of a physician. (c) The defendant has the burden of injecting the issue of lawful distribution under subsection (b). (d) Distributing abortifacients is a class A misdemeanor. Research Guide: MPCC 13.120.
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Section 46.3906 ("Distributing abortifacients.") is part of the American Samoa Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of American Samoa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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