Novelties of the Armenian Criminal Legislation in the Regulation of Crimes in the Reproductive Sphere

The purpose of the research. The article examines the legislative regulation of crimes related to illegal artificial termination of pregnancy. The purpose of the research is to carry out a theoretical and applied analysis of the criminal law regulation of the reproductive sphere and the legislative regulation of the relevant crimes and novelties in this area in the context of the new Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; identify existing gaps and propose ways to fill them; analyze the positive and negative aspects of the innovations. This is important and useful for improving the Armenian criminal legislation and may serve as an interesting experience for the Russian legislator in optimizing the regulation of crimes related to illegal artificial termination of pregnancy. Results. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion about the vulnerability of the reproductive sphere and the importance of its proper criminal law protection. Taking into account the noted circumstances, the author proposes a number of legislative changes, in particular, the addition of relevant qualifying circumstances to articles providing for criminal liability for illegal artificial termination of pregnancy and for coercion to illegal artificial termination of pregnancy.