(A) No person shall purposely manufacture, possess for sale or distribution, advertise, or hold oneself out as possessing for sale or distribution, or sell or distribute, any drugs, medicine, instrument, or device, when any of the following apply:
(1) The person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such drug, medicine, instrument, or device is capable of causing an abortion and is used primarily for that purpose.
(2) The person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the recipient to whom the person sells or distributes such drug, medicine, instrument, or device intends to use it to cause an abortion.
(3) The person directly or indirectly represents that such drug, medicine, instrument, or device is effective in causing an abortion, regardless of whether it is effective as represented.
(B) This section does not prohibit a manufacturer or distributor of drugs or surgical supplies, or a pharmacist or physician, from lawfully manufacturing, possessing, selling, or distributing, in the usual course of that person's business or profession, any drug, medicine, instrument, or thing intended for any lawful medical purpose, including an abortion, that meets the affirmative defense as provided in §§ 509.11 and 509.12 of the Lebanon Code of Ordinances.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of promoting abortion, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2022-101, passed 9-19-22)