Criminal Code Articles 139 (Murder), 154 (Torture), and 291 (Taking a Person Hostage)

For several crimes set out in the Criminal Code, knowing commission against a pregnant woman is an aggravating circumstance that increases the sentence.  Murdering a pregnant woman is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 8 to 12 years, life imprisonment, or the death sentence under Art. 139.  Torture of a pregnant woman is punishable by restraint on liberty for a term of one to three years or imprisonment for a term of one to five years under Art. 154.  Taking a pregnant woman hostage is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 to 12 years under Art. 291.