Section 30-5A-5 - Criminal penalty; exception.

30-5A-5. Criminal penalty; exception.

A.     Except as provided in Subsections B, C, D and E  of this section, a person who violates Section 3 [30-5A-3 NMSA 1978] of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.   

B.     The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act [30-5A-1 NMSA 1978] shall apply only to the exact procedure specified in that act.   

C.     The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to criminalize any other method of terminating a woman's pregnancy.   

D.     The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to subject a woman, upon whom the procedure specified in that act is performed, to criminal culpability as an accomplice, aider, abettor, solicitor or conspirator.   

E.     The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to subject any person to criminal culpability pursuant to laws governing attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a crime.