Criminal Law Protection of the Human Fetus: de jure and de facto
Abstract
This article examines the problem of determining the moment of the beginning of human life and the inclusion of a mechanism for its protection by measures of criminal law. The article analyzes the norms of the legislation on health care, which determine the moment of the beginning of a person's life. Consideration is given to the problem questions of qualification of artificial termination of pregnancy. Like everything in this world, life has its beginning and its end. Specialists of many scientific views and especially specialists of the criminal law sphere give a lot of creative effort and time to the scientific debate about the beginning of human life and about the establishment of the fact, indicating the occurrence of his death. This is due to the fact that the current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - the criminal code) contains criminal liability for crimes that infringe on the life of another person. Support is given to the position that the expulsion of the fetus from the womb of the mother is the murder of the fetus. Therefore, the criminal law de facto and de jure must protect the life of the fetus from the moment of its conception until its death. It is stated that there is no agreement between de facto and de jure.
DOI 10.14258/izvasu(2018)3-13
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