The defendant demurs to the indictment on the ground that the facts stated do not constitute a crime (Code Crim. Pro., § 323, subd. 4). The charge is abortion. Section 80 of the Penal Law defines the crime of abortion as the commission of certain acts with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of a woman "unless the same is necessary to
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