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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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617.25 INDECENT ARTICLES AND INFORMATION.
Every person who shall sell, lend, or give away, or in any manner exhibit, or offer to
sell, lend, or give away, or have in possession with intent to sell, lend, give away, or advertise
or offer for sale, loan, or distribution, any instrument or article, or any drug or medicine for
causing unlawful abortion; or shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, a card,
circular, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, or shall give oral information, stating
when, where, how, or whom, or by what means such article or medicine can be obtained or who
manufactures it, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $3,000 or by both.
History: (10188) RL s 4955; 1965 c 395 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
Every person who shall sell, lend, or give away, or in any manner exhibit, or offer to
sell, lend, or give away, or have in possession with intent to sell, lend, give away, or advertise
or offer for sale, loan, or distribution, any instrument or article, or any drug or medicine for
causing unlawful abortion; or shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, a card,
circular, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, or shall give oral information, stating
when, where, how, or whom, or by what means such article or medicine can be obtained or who
manufactures it, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $3,000 or by both.
History: (10188) RL s 4955; 1965 c 395 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
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