Law No. 11 of 2004 Issuing the Penal Code
طباعة
Section: Chapter Two (315-317)
Article 315
Whoever assaults a pregnant woman and where the assault causes miscarriage, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to ten years in prison.
Article 316
Whoever intentionally aborts a pregnant woman by administering to her medication or by other means causing abortion shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to seven years. The imprisonment term shall be up to ten years if the miscarriage occurs without the woman's consent or if the person executing the abortion is a doctor, a surgeon, a pharmacist, a midwife or any person working in fields related to medicine or pharmacy.
Article 317
Any woman who, without medical necessity, takes medicines that lead to miscarriage, or uses other abortion inducing means, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to three years.