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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 797
ABORTION
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797.02 Advertising drugs, etc., for abortion.—Whoever knowingly advertises, prints, publishes, distributes or circulates, or knowingly causes to be advertised, printed, published, distributed or circulated, any pamphlet, printed paper, book, newspaper notice, advertisement, or reference containing words or language giving or conveying any notice, hint, or reference to any person, or the name of any person, real or fictitious, from whom, or to any place, house, shop, or office where any poison, drug, mixture, preparation, medicine, or noxious thing, or any instrument or means whatever, or any advice, direction, information, or knowledge may be obtained for the purpose of causing or procuring the miscarriage of any woman pregnant with child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 10, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2619; GS 3539; RGS 5437; CGL 7580; s. 771, ch. 71-136.

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Cases Citing Statute 797.02

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Landreth v. Hopkins, 331 F. Supp. 920 (N.D. Fla. 1971).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11551

...OPINION-ORDER MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge: This cause is before this duly constituted Three-Judge Court in which plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Sections 2201 and 2281, to have § 797.01 and § 797.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
...place * * * where * * * any advice, direction, information or knowledge may be obtained for the purpose of causing or procuring the miscarriage of any woman pregnant with child, shall be punished by imprisonment * * * or by fine * * *." Chapter 797, § 797.02, Florida Statutes....
...endment freedoms of speech and religion, and have felt compelled to terminate their counseling *923 activities as delineated in paragraph 3 above." [2] Further examination of the record discloses that defendant intends to prosecute any violations of Section 797.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., in the event indictments are returned against plaintiffs, but he has never publicly or privately threatened any of the plaintiffs with arrest or prosecution....

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