The Crime of Abortion on Pregnancies Occured due to Criminal Acts

IŞIK B.

JOURNAL OF PENAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY-CEZA HUKUKU VE KRIMINOLOJI DERGISI, vol.3, no.2, pp.25-55, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PENAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY-CEZA HUKUKU VE KRIMINOLOJI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.25-55
  • Keywords: Abortion, Twenty-Week Time Limit, Crime and Ascertainment of Pregnancy
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, the procurement of abortion on pregnancies occured due to criminal acts shall be analysed. Firstly, the legal character of the paragraph 6 of Article 99 of the Turkish Penal Code regulating the aforementioned case shall be discussed. Subsequently, the conditions stipulated under the said provision shall be reviewed. As part of the analysis on the said elements, process as to how to ascertain the unintended pregnancies occured due to criminal acts shall expressly be emphasized based on various prospects thereon. Solutions as to how to ascertain such unintended pregnancies shall be proposed at the end of this study.