Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who ter­min­ates a preg­nancy with the con­sent of the preg­nant wo­man or in­cites or as­sists a preg­nant wo­man to ter­min­ate her preg­nancy without the re­quire­ments of Art­icle 119 be­ing ful­filled shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² Any per­son who ter­min­ates a preg­nancy without the con­sent of the preg­nant wo­man shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of from one¹⁶² to ten years.

³ Any wo­man who has her preg­nancy ter­min­ated or oth­er­wise par­ti­cip­ates in the ter­min­a­tion of her preg­nancy fol­low­ing the end of the twelfth week since her last peri­od and without the re­quire­ments of Art­icle 119 be­ing ful­filled shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

⁴ Cases fall­ing un­der para­graphs 1 and 3 above are sub­ject to a lim­it­a­tion peri­od of three years.¹⁶³