Abstract

The purpose of this study is to point out different regulatory techniques in terms of pregnancy interruption on a global scale. Performing the study on illegal abortion, from the point of view of the comparative criminal law, we say with certainty that unexpected conclusions or results that were not previously suspected were reached. We must recognize that select few other issues have such a wide-ranging regulation as the issue addressed. The explanation, firstly, is that people have been, are, and will be permanently in a state of uncertainty about the status that the act of unlawful interruption of pregnancy, and this was reflected in the regulation of this topic. In this sense, being carried out the study on the illegal challenge of abortion, from the perspective of comparative criminal law, we find that there are states that: 1) have no legal restrictions on the interruption of pregnancy at the request of the pregnant woman; 2) absolutely prohibits the interruption of pregnancy on pregnant woman’s demand; 3) and which have varying degrees of permissiveness regarding the interruption of pregnancy.

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