El homicidio es matar a alguien de manera ilegal y con intención. Sin embargo, hay situaciones en las que no se considera homicidio, como en ciertos abortos legales.
Es como si estuvieras cocinando y accidentalmente rompes un plato. Si lo rompiste sin querer, no es lo mismo que romperlo a propósito por enojo.
Imagina que Ana está embarazada y su médico le dice que dar a luz podría poner en peligro su vida. Si Ana decide interrumpir el embarazo y lo hace en un hospital con un médico, eso no se consideraría homicidio bajo esta ley.
Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187 - 248] ( Title 8 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 1. Homicide [187 - 199] ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. ) 187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought. (b) This section shall not apply to any person who commits an act that results in the death of a fetus if any of the following apply: (1) The act complied with the former Therapeutic Abortion Act (Article 2 (commencing with Section 123400) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code) or the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 123460) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code). (2) The act was committed by a holder of a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate, as defined in the Business and Professions Code, in a case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be death of the person pregnant with the fetus or where the pregnant person’s death from childbirth, although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or more likely than not. (3) It was an act or omission by the person pregnant with the fetus or was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the person pregnant with the fetus. (c) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the prosecution of any person under any other provision of law. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 260, Sec. 14. (SB 345) Effective January 1, 2024.)
El homicidio se define como el asesinato ilegal de una persona, incluyendo a un feto, con intención maliciosa.
No se considera homicidio si se actúa bajo ciertas leyes de aborto o si el médico actúa para salvar la vida de la madre.
No, siempre y cuando se cumpla con las leyes de aborto y se realice en un contexto médico adecuado.
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