Criminal Law protection of life and health of a child conceived in Polish legislation

• Main Authors: Łukasz Czebotar, Zuzanna Gądzik
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II 2013-06-01
• Series: Kościół i Prawo
• Subjects: dziecko poczęte; życie; zdrowie; ustawodawstwo polskie; aborcja; in vitro
• Online Access: http://czasopisma.tnkul.pl/index.php/kip/article/view/399

The article relates to the Polish legal regulations connected with punishments for prohibited acts detrimental to life and health of a child conceived. There are widely presented problems connected with the issue of criminal liability for the crime of abortion including the historical outline of legal protection of a child conceived and analysis of prerequisites which take an abortion into account in light of legal regulation in force.An issue of health protection was shown and proper development of a child conceived and in particular criminal liability for causing a detriment to health. The present aspect also analyses the issue connected with embryos in vitro.