This part of the law used to be about ways to cause an abortion that were not allowed. However, it was removed from the Crimes Act 1961 on 16 December 1977. This means that this specific rule no longer exists in the current law. If you want to know more about the current laws on abortion, you should look at other parts of New Zealand’s laws that are still in effect.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM329358.
183: Abortion procured by person other than health practitioner, or
“It's against the law for someone who is not a doctor to try to give or perform an abortion.”
185: Female procuring her own miscarriage, or
“This law, which made it illegal for a woman to end her own pregnancy, no longer exists.”
