MEDICINSKI I KRIVIČNOPRAVNI ASPEKT NEDOZVOLjENOG PREKIDA TRUDNOĆE

Abstract

In addition to other definitions, аbortion is a health service for terminating an unwanted pregnancy. In recent years, there are tendencies to change the existing legal solutions that regulate this area at the global and European levels. Namely, the Supreme Court of the United States of America overturned Roe v. Wade verdict and thereby repealed the 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion that was provided for in it. Certain European countries have also adopted new laws that make access to legal abortion much more difficult. In this paper, the author points to the latest changes concerning the legal regulation of abortion in the United States of America and Europe and then analyzes the medical and criminal aspects of the termination of pregnancy. Given that illegal termination of pregnancy is a blanket criminal offense, the author will first present the Law on Procedures for Termination of Pregnancy in a Health Institution, and then she will deal with the criminal offense of illegal termination of pregnancy. At the very end, the author will give concluding remarks on this topic.