Reproductive Health Act Article 9

Induced abortion may be conducted for a pregnant woman, subject to her own accord, if she has been diagnosed or proven to meet any one of the following:1. She or her spouse acquires hereditary, communicable, or psychiatric disease detrimental to reproductive health.2. Anyone within the fourth degree of kinship of herself or her spouse acquires a hereditary disease detrimental to reproductive health.3. By medical consideration, pregnancy or delivery may cause life threatening risk or detrimental to her physical and mental health.4. By medical consideration, risk of teratogenesis may present for the fetus.5. Pregnancy as a result of being raped, lured into sex intercourse or into sex intercourse with a man prohibited to lawfully marry her.6. Pregnancy or childbirth is likely to affect her mental health or family life.Induced abortion to an unmarried minor or a woman under guardianship or assistance according to the preceding provisions shall be subject to her statutory agent’s or assistant’s consent. Induced abortion to a married woman according to paragraph 6 above shall be subject to her husband’s consent unless her husband is missing, unconscious or deranged.For judgement of induced abortion requirements set forth in Section 1, the central level competent authorities, when necessary, may have the Genetic Advisory Committee research and review to establish standard and have them publicly announced.
中文原文 優生保健法第9條
懷孕婦女經診斷或證明有下列情事之一,得依其自願,施行人工流產:
一、本人或其配偶患有礙優生之遺傳性、傳染性疾病或精神疾病者。
二、本人或其配偶之四親等以內之血親患有礙優生之遺傳性疾病者。
三、有醫學上理由,足以認定懷孕或分娩有招致生命危險或危害身體或精神健康者。
四、有醫學上理由,足以認定胎兒有畸型發育之虞者。
五、因被強制性交、誘姦或與依法不得結婚者相姦而受孕者。
六、因懷孕或生產,將影響其心理健康或家庭生活者。
未婚之未成年人或受監護或輔助宣告之人,依前項規定施行人工流產,應得法定代理人或輔助人之同意。
有配偶者,依前項第六款規定施行人工流產,應得配偶之同意。
但配偶生死不明或無意識或精神錯亂者,不在此限。
第一項所定人工流產情事之認定,中央主管機關於必要時,得提經優生保健諮詢委員會研擬後,訂定標準公告之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.