Abortion

ABO RT IO N
WHAT IS ABORTION ?
• IS THE ENDING OF A PREGNANCY BY REMOVAL OR EXPULSION OF AN EMBRYO OR FETUS
BEFORE IT CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE UTERUS
• REFERS TO "ANY ACT OR PRACTICE, WHETHER DONE INTENTIONALLY OR

UNINTENTIONALLY, THAT CAUSES THE PREMATURE EXIT OF THE PRODUCTS OF
CONCEPTION (E.G. FETUS, FETAL MEMBRANE, PLACENTA) FROM THE UTERUS OF A
WOMAN."
TWO TYPES OF ABORTION
1. MEDICAL ABORTION
• IS A PROCEDURE THAT USES MEDICATION TO END A PREGNANCY.
• IT DOESN'T REQUIRE SURGERY OR ANESTHESIA AND CAN BE STARTED EITHER IN A MEDICAL
OFFICE OR AT HOME WITH FOLLOW-UP VISITS TO YOUR DOCTOR.
• MOST EFFECTIVE DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY.
EX. ORAL MIFEPRISTONE (MIFEPREX) AND ORAL MISOPROSTOL (CYTOTEC) AND METHOTREXATE
2. SURGERY ABORTION
• INVOLVES AN OPERATION EITHER AWAKE OR ASLEEP
• IS A PROCEDURE THAT USES SURGICAL OPERATION TO ENDS AN UNDESIRED PREGNANCY BY
REMOVING THE FETUS AND PLACENTA FROM THE MOTHER'S WOMB
• INVOLVES HAVING A PROCEDURE WITH LOCAL ANAESTHETIC (WHERE THE AREA IS NUMBED),
CONSCIOUS SEDATION (WHERE YOU'RE RELAXED BUT AWAKE), OR GENERAL ANAESTHETIC
(WHERE YOU'RE ASLEEP).
TWO METHOD OF SURGICAL ABORTION
1. VACUUM ASPIRATION
• IS A TYPE OF SURGICAL ABORTION THAT INVOLVES USING GENTLE SUCTION TO END A
PREGNANCY. DOCTORS TYPICALLY RECOMMEND THIS DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER.
• ALSO KNOWN AS SUCTION ASPIRATION
2. DILATION AND EVACUATION
• IS THE DILATION OF THE CERVIX AND SURGICAL EVACUATION OF THE UTERUS (POTENTIALLY
INCLUDING THE FETUS, PLACENTA AND OTHER TISSUE) AFTER THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF
PREGNANCY
• USES GENERAL ANESTHETIC BEFORE PERFORMING THE SURGERY AND USE DILATORS TO
OPEN THE CERVIX REMOVE THE FETUS BY USINF SMALL FORCEPS
LAW COVERED THE ABORTION
ARTICLE II SEC. 12 OF PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
“THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE SANCTITY OF FAMILY LIFE AND SHALL PROTECT AND
STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS A BASIC AUTONOMOUS SOCIAL INSTITUTION. IT SHALL
EQUALLY PROTECT THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER AND THE LIFE OF THE UNBORN FROM
CONCEPTION. THE NATURAL AND PRIMARY RIGHT AND DUTY OF PARENTS IN THE
REARING OF THE YOUTH FOR CIVIC EFFICIENCY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL
CHARACTER SHALL RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT.”
ARTICLE 256 (INTENTIONAL ABORTION)
ELEMENTS:
1. THAT THERE IS A PREGNANT WOMAN;
2. THAT VIOLENCE IS EXERTED, OR DRUGS OR BEVERAGES ADMINISTERED,
OR THAT THE ACCUSED OTHERWISE ACTS UPON SUCH PREGNANT WOMAN;
3. THAT AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF VIOLENCE OR DRUGS OR BEVERAGES
UPON HER, OR ANY OTHER ACT OF THE ACCUSED, THE FETUS DIES,
EITHER IN THE WOMB OR AFTER HAVING BEEN EXPELLED THEREFROM.
4. THAT THE ABORTION IS INTENDED.
ARTICLE 257 (UNINTENTIONAL ABORTION)
ELEMENTS:
1.THAT THERE IS A PREGNANT WOMAN.
2.THAT VIOLENCE IS USED UPON SUCH PREGNANT WOMAN WITHOUT INTENDING AN ABORTION.
3.THAT THE VIOLENCE IS INTENTIONALLY EXERTED.
4.THAT AS A RESULT OF THE VIOLENCE THAT FETUS DIES, EITHER IN THE WOMB OR AFTER HAVING BEEN
EXPELLED THERE FROM.
Intentional Abortion Unintentional Abortion
with our without violence. with violence (physical).
committed by strangers, by the woman by strangers only.

herself or her parents.
stranger KNOWS of the pregnancy of the may or may not know of the pregnancy.
woman.
always DOLO because intent to commit may be dolo or culpa because the
abortion is inherent. unintentional refers to the abortion, not to
the violence inflicted by another person
which may be intentional violence or
culpable violence.
Juana commited suicide not knowing
that she is a pregnant. She did not die
but abortion follows. What crime
commited by juana?
Juan de lacruz pointed a gun to a
pregnant woman threathening to kill her
and because of the fright she suffers an
abortion, is he liable for unintentional
abortion ?
ART. 259
ABORTION PRACTICED BY A PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE AND DISPENSING OF
ABORTIVES
•THE PENALTIES PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 256 SHALL BE IMPOSED IN ITS MAXIMUM PERIOD,
RESPECTIVELY, UPON ANY PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE WHO, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL, SHALL CAUSE AN ABORTION OR ASSIST IN CAUSING THE SAME.
•ANY PHARMACIST WHO, WITHOUT THE PROPER PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHYSICIAN, SHALL
DISPENSE ANY ABORTIVE SHALL SUFFER ARRESTO MAYOR AND A FINE NOT EXCEEDING 1,000 PESOS
HOUSE BILL 567
"AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES AGAINST ABORTION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
ARTICLES 256, 257, 268, AND 259 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,“
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ABO RT IO N

• REFERS TO "ANY ACT OR PRACTICE, WHETHER DONE INTENTIONALLY OR

committed by strangers, by the woman by strangers only.

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