MADDE GEREKÇESİ
MADDE 99.– Çocuk düşürme ve düşürtme suçları açısından 24.5.1983 tarih ve 2827 sayılı Nüfus Planlaması Hakkında Kanunda yer alan hükümler göz önünde bulundurulmak suretiyle bir düzenleme yapılmıştır. Bu Kanunun öngördüğü hükümler, bugünkü toplumsal ihtiyaçları karşıladığı kanaatinde bulunulduğundan, madde metninin düzenlenmesinde esas alınmıştır. Maddenin birinci fıkrasında, hukuken geçerli rızası olmaksızın bir kadının çocuğunu düşürtülmesi, suç olarak tanımlanmıştır. Kadının rızasıyla çocuk d...

İngilizce Çeviri

1) Any person who performs an abortion of a child upon a woman without her consent shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years. 2) Any person who, in the absence of medical necessity, performs an abortion of a child, upon a woman, who is more than ten weeks pregnant and with her consent, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two to four years. The woman who consents to the abortion in these cirumstances shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term up to one year and a judicial fine. 3) Where the act referred to in section one causes damage to the physical or mental health of the woman, the person shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six to twelve years. Where the act results in the death of the woman, a penalty of imprisonment for a term of fifteen to twenty years shall be imposed. 4) Where the act referred to in section two causes damage to the physical or mental health of the woman, the person shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three to six years. Where the act results in the death of the woman, a penalty of imprisonment for a term of four to eight years shall be imposed. 5) Irrespective of the consent of the woman; if an unauthorised person performs the abortion of a child, upon a woman, who is less than ten weeks pregnant; a penalty of imprisonment for a term of two to four years shall be imposed. If any of the offences listed in the above sections are comm...