LIECHTENSTEIN.
Penal Code,
* * *
96. Abortion
1) Whoever
performs
an abortion on a pregnant woman with her consent will be sentenced to a
prison
term of up to one year; if he does this for profit, he will be
sentenced
to a prison term of up to three years.
2) If
this person
is not a physician, he will be sentenced to a prison term of up to
three
years; if he does this for profit or if the operation leads to the
death
of the woman, he will be sentenced to a prison term of from six months
to
five years.
3) A
woman who
performs an abortion on herself or allows another person to do so will
be
sentenced to a prison term of up to one year.
4) Under
1) and
3) above the operation is exempt from punishment if the abortion
1) is
necessary
to prevent serious danger to the life of the pregnant woman or serious
harm
to her health, or the pregnant woman has not at any time been married
to
the man who impregnated her and was not yet at the time of conception
fourteen
years old; and in all these cases the abortion is performed by a
physician;
or
2) is
performed
to save the pregnant woman from immediate danger to her life that
cannot
otherwise be prevented, in circumstances where medical help cannot be
obtained
in time.
97. Abortion
without
the Consent of the Pregnant Woman
1) Whoever
performs
an abortion on a woman who has not consented will be sentenced to a
prison
term of up to three years; if the abortion causes the death of the
pregnant
woman, he will be sentenced to a prison term of from six months to five
years.
2) He
will be
exempt from punishment if he performs the abortion for the purpose of
saving
the pregnant woman from immediate danger to her life that cannot
otherwise
be prevented, under circumstances where the consent of the pregnant
woman
cannot be obtained in time.
98. Reckless
Operations
1) Whoever
presumes
the existence of a danger of the kind described in 96.4 and 97.2
without
having conducted a careful inquiry as to whether such danger is truly
present
and then performs an abortion or urges a pregnant woman to consent to
an
abortion or otherwise contributes to an abortion will be sentenced to a
prison
term of up to one year if he is a physician and of at least six months
or
a fine of up to 360 daily amounts if he is not a physician.
98a. Offering
One's Services for Abortion or Announcing Means to Obtain an Abortion
2) Whoever publicly, with the intention to promote abortion offers his own or someone else's services or announces, recommends or exhibits means, devices, or procedures or otherwise makes them accessible will be sentenced to a prison term of up to one year or a fine of up to 360 daily amounts.