Journals / Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association / 2008 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2

Problem of pregnancy in sexual assaults

Cinsel saldırılarda gebelik sorunu

Pages
105–109
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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The well defined collaboration of clinicians with medicolegal experts in scope of clinical forensic medicine will guide any medical procedure for legitimization as well as to support judicial procedure by providing safeguards for collecting samples, and expected security of evidence needed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Sexual assault and rape have serious consequences regarding health and law with physical and psychological outcomes of the problem.
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Key Findings & Data:A case of pregnancy after rape who was in the 20th week of gestation has been evaluated by the Departments of Forensic Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Physchiatry.
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Conclusion & Impact:The well defined collaboration of clinicians with medicolegal experts in scope of clinical forensic medicine will guide any medical procedure for legitimization as well as to support judicial procedure by providing safeguards for collecting samples, and expected security of evidence needed.
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Abstract

Sexual assault and rape have serious consequences regarding health and law with physical and psychological outcomes of the problem. Pregnancy after rape, potential delay of diagnosis, physical and psychological injuries that might ocur as a consequence necessitate a multidisciplinary work of the medicolegal and ethical aspects of the subject. A case of pregnancy after rape who was in the 20th week of gestation has been evaluated by the Departments of Forensic Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Physchiatry. Clinical aspects of this presented case with a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stres Disorder, Major Depression and epileptic psychosis have been considered to support consistency of her pregnancy with alleged rape history. In the article, termination of pregnancy with respect to the amended Turkish Penal Code and other existing laws, principles of legal and medical approach by the specialists of the related branches of medicine to the cases of pregnancy after sexual assault and rape have been discussed. The well defined collaboration of clinicians with medicolegal experts in scope of clinical forensic medicine will guide any medical procedure for legitimization as well as to support judicial procedure by providing safeguards for collecting samples, and expected security of evidence needed.

Özet

Cinsel saldırılar, kadında oluşturduğu fiziksel ve ruhsal sorunlar ile önemli bir sağlık ve hukuk problemidir. Cinsel saldılar sonrası meydana gelen gebelik; tanı süreci, oluşturduğu fiziksel ve ruhsal etkiler, konunun yasal ve etik yönü açısından multidisipliner bir çalışmayı gerekli kılmaktadır. Sunulan olgu, tecavüz sonucu 20 haftaya ulaşan gebelik sonrası Adli Tıp, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum ve Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalları tarafından değerlendirilmiştir. Travma sonrası stress bozukluğu, majör depresyon ve epilepsi psikozu saptanan hastada gebelik ile cinsel saldırı öyküsü uyumlu bulunmuştur. Gebelik terminasyonu için kabul edilen yasal süre, yeni Türk Ceza Kanunu’nda mağduru olduğu suç sonucu ortaya çıkan gebeliğin 20 haftaya kadar sonlandırılabilmesi, olgunun özellikleri ışığında mevcut diğer yasalar açısından da tartışılmıştır. İlgili dallardan uzmanların cinsel saldırı sonrası gebelik olgularına yasal ve tıbbi yaklaşımda izlemesi gereken ilkelerin düzenlenmesi hastanın retravmatizasyonunu engelleyeceği gibi, yargı sürecinin de aksamadan işlemesini sağlayacaktır. Yasal boyutu olan olguların değerlendirilmesinde, klinik bilimlerle adli tıbbın işbirliğinde oluşturulacak kurullar, tıbbi işlemin hukuka uygunluğu için gerekli danışmanlık sonucu toplanması ve korunması gereken kanıtların da güvenilirliğine katkıda bulunacaktır.

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HAS, R., FİNCANCI, K. Ş., EKİZOĞLU, O., KANTARCI, N., İNCE, H., DİREK, N. (2022). Problem of pregnancy in sexual assaults. Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2, 105–109. https://ajindex.com/articles/567888

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