The amendments concern the wording of Article 152 of the Penal Code ("whoever, with the consent of the woman, terminates her pregnancy in violation of the law, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years"), also provides for the same punishment for assisting a pregnant woman to terminate her pregnancy in violation of the law or for inducing her to have an abortion, while in the case of termination of pregnancy when the conceived child has reached the capacity to live independently outside the pregnant woman's body, the prison sentence is from six months to eight years.
The Left's draft proposes the partial decriminalization and decriminalization of abortions with the pregnant woman's consent by expanding this article:
- "does not commit a crime who, with the consent of the woman, terminates her pregnancy if no more than 12 weeks have passed since the...
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