Código Penal: Livro II, Título I - Crimes contra a pessoa: Capítulo II - Crimes contra a vida e vida intra-uterina (Crimes against intra-uterine life)
Under Article 140, abortion is considered a “crime against the intra-uterine life,” and someone who causes an abortion without the consent of the pregnant woman may be sentenced from 2-8 years of imprisonment, while the person who performed the abortion and the pregnant woman can be sentence to up to three years of imprisonment.