Section 189
When Abortion Can Be Made
(1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in Section 188, where a health worker causes abortion in
any of the following circumstances, no offence of abortion under this
Act shall be deemed to have been committed:
(a) The pregnancy of up to twelve weeks is terminated with
the consent of the pregnant woman,
(b) The pregnancy is terminated with the consent of the
pregnant woman, upon the opinion of a licensed doctor
that her life may be in danger or her physical or mental
health may deteriorate or a handicapped child will born
if pregnancy is not terminated,
(c) The pregnancy of up to eighteen weeks conceived from
rape or incest is terminated with the consent of the
pregnant woman,
(d) The pregnancy of a woman with human immunedeficiency
virus (HIV) or other incurable disease of
similar nature is terminated with her consent.
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Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, the term
'health worker' means a doctor or health worker who, upon having
the specified qualification, has obtained a license for causing
abortion.