Philippine Bar review · Question

Practice question: All except Arts. 260–261

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article256, does the woman’s consent categorically make intentional abortion noncriminal?
  1. No; the article also addresses consensual intentional abortion
  2. Yes; consent always licenses it
  3. Yes; only lack of consent is punished
  4. Yes; only violence is punished
  5. Yes; a private agreement repeals the provision

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code relevant substantive provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Articles253 and256–259.

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