{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-76.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-76.1","heading":"Encouraging or promoting abortion","body":"If any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or through the use of a referral agency for profit, or in any other manner, encourage or promote the performing of an abortion or the inducing of a miscarriage in this Commonwealth which is prohibited under this article, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-63; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 725; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON","Article 9. ABORTION"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-76.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"57ab7c58ef3d2db1cb871cbe2d3b830e9c5c99e6720049fe77f6aabeab9adf51","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-76","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-76.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}