77587218.2-72Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Crimes And Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against The PersonAbortionWhen abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy1975, cc. 14, 15.Simopoulos v. Com.Record No. 801107277 S.E.2d 1941981-04-24https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1309503/simopoulos-v-com/ . . . performed in the first trimester of pregnancy. § 18.2-72. . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr> . . . Northern Virginia Women's Medical Center Thomas H. . . . 79-1161617 F.2d 10451980-03-14https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/375920/northern-virginia-womens-medical-center-thomas-h-gresinger-md-jane-doe/Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit . . . Richmond Medical Center for Women William G. Fitzhugh, M.D. . . . 98-1930144 F.3d 3261998-06-30https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/754495/richmond-medical-center-for-women-william-g-fitzhugh-md-hillcrest/Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitRichmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreCiv.A. 3:98CV30911 F. Supp. 2d 7951998-06-25https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2289381/richmond-medical-center-for-women-v-gilmore/ . . . that: . . . District Court, E.D. VirginiaRichmond Medical Ctr v. Gilmore98-19301998-06-30https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2966875/richmond-medical-ctr-v-gilmore/ . . . Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 18.2-72, 18.2-73 and . . . Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitRichmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreCiv.A. 3:98cv30955 F. Supp. 2d 4411999-07-16https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2376509/richmond-medical-center-for-women-v-gilmore/ . . . that "[n]otwithstanding the provisions of §§ 18.2-72, 18.2-73 and 18.2-74, a physician shall not . . . District Court, E.D. Virginiahttp://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-72/18.2-71Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty/18.2-71//18.2-72/18.2/4/9/18.2-7218.2-7318.2-7418.2-7518.2-76Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71, it shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery, to terminate or attempt to terminate a human pregnancy or aid or assist in the termination of a human pregnancy by performing an abortion or causing a miscarriage on any woman during the first trimester of pregnancy.section1