PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN PIDANA PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA ABORSI

Abstract

Aborti~on i~s a me~di~cal proce~dure~ or acti~on to i~nte~nti~onally te~rmi~nate~ a pre~gnancy
be~fore~ the~ fe~tus can survi~ve~ outsi~de~ the~ womb. Aborti~ons that are~ not for me~di~cal
re~asons or are~ cause~d by rape~ are~ classi~fi~e~d as cri~mi~nal aborti~ons (i~lle~gal
aborti~ons). Aborti~on case~s ofte~n i~nvolve~ more~ than one~ pe~rson, name~ly the~
pre~gnant woman and he~r partne~r, as we~ll as pe~ople~ who parti~ci~pate~ i~n provi~di~ng
mate~ri~als for the~ aborti~on. The~ proble~ms of thi~s re~se~arch are~: (1) Cri~mi~nal
li~abi~li~ty as pe~rpe~trators of the~ cri~me~ of aborti~on; (2) Appli~cati~on of sancti~ons
agai~nst pe~rpe~trators of the~ cri~me~ of aborti~on. Thi~s re~se~arch i~s a normati~ve~ le~gal
study. The~ data source~s are~ se~condary data, consi~sti~ng of pri~mary, se~condary, and
te~rti~ary le~gal mate~ri~als. Le~gal mate~ri~als are~ colle~cte~d through docume~nt studi~e~s.
Le~gal mate~ri~als are~ analyze~d i~nducti~ve~ly. Base~d on the~ re~se~arch, i~t can be~
conclude~d that: (1) The~ cri~mi~nal re~sponsi~bi~li~ty of the~ de~fe~ndants i~n the~ thre~e~
de~ci~si~ons has be~e~n fulfi~lle~d be~cause~ of the~ cri~mi~nal act, i~nte~nti~on (me~ns re~a),
abi~li~ty to be~ re~sponsi~ble~, and the~ abse~nce~ of re~asons to forgi~ve~. (2) The~
appli~cati~on of cri~mi~nal sancti~ons shows that the~ judge~ has consi~de~re~d the~ role~
and le~ve~l of i~nvolve~me~nt of the~ de~fe~ndant through a re~lati~ve~ly li~ght pri~son
se~nte~nce~, howe~ve~r the~ i~mposi~ti~on of the~ same~ fi~ne~ and large~ value~ wi~th a short
subsi~di~ary se~nte~nce~ doe~s not fully re~fle~ct the~ balance~ of sancti~ons and the~
obje~cti~ve~s of puni~shme~nt, e~spe~ci~ally justi~ce~ and le~gal be~ne~fi~ts.