LEADER 05670nam 2200769 450 001 9910786509603321 005 20231010192405.0 010 $a0-8122-2396-9 010 $a0-8122-0999-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812209990 035 $a(CKB)3710000000221867 035 $a(OCoLC)888552457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10907993 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001373587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11761948 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001373587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11314994 035 $a(PQKB)10054043 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35430 035 $a(DE-B1597)450994 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812209990 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442404 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10907993 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682590 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442404 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000221867 100 $a20140820h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAbortion law in transnational perspective $ecases and controversies /$fedited by Rebecca J. Cook, Joanna N. Erdman, and Bernard M. Dickens 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (482 p.) 225 1 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-51308-2 311 0 $a0-8122-4627-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Constitutionalization of Abortion --$t2. Abortion in Portugal: New Trends in European Constitutionalism --$t3. Women?s Rights in the Abortion Decision of the Slovak Constitutional Court --$t4. Proportionality in the Constitutional Review of Abortion Law --$t5. A Functionalist Approach to Comparative Abortion Law119 --$t6. The Procedural Turn: Abortion at the European Court of Human Rights --$t7. The Struggle Against Informal Rules on Abortion in Argentina --$t8. Reforming African Abortion Laws and Practice: The Place of Transparency --$t9. The Medical Framework and Early Medical Abortion in the U.K.: How Can a State Control Swallowing? --$t10. The Right to Conscience --$t11. Catholic Constitutionalism on Sex, Women, and the Beginning of Life --$t12. Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy --$t13. Toward Transformative Equality in Nepal: The Lakshmi Dhikta Decision --$t14. Reckoning with Narratives of Innocent Suffering in Transnational Abortion Litigation --$t15. Narratives of Prenatal Personhood in Abortion Law --$t16. Stigmatized Meanings of Criminal Abortion Law --$tTable of Cases --$tTable of Legislation, Treaties, and Other Relevant Instruments --$tNotes --$tContributors --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIt is increasingly implausible to speak of a purely domestic abortion law, as the legal debates around the world draw on precedents and influences of different national and regional contexts. While the United States and Western Europe may have been the vanguard of abortion law reform in the latter half of the twentieth century, Central and South America are proving to be laboratories of thought and innovation in the twenty-first century, as are particular countries in Africa and Asia. Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective offers a fresh look at significant transnational legal developments in recent years, examining key judicial decisions, constitutional texts, and regulatory reforms of abortion law in order to envision ways ahead. The chapters investigate issues of access, rights, and justice, as well as social constructions of women, sexuality, and pregnancy, through different legal procedures and regimes. They address the promises and risks of using legal procedure to achieve reproductive justice from different national, regional, and international vantage points; how public and courtroom debates are framed within medical, religious, and human rights arguments; the meaning of different narratives that recur in abortion litigation and language; and how respect for women and prenatal life is expressed in various legal regimes. By exploring how legal actors advocate, regulate, and adjudicate the issue of abortion, this timely volume seeks to build on existing developments to bring about change of a larger order. Contributors: Luis Roberto Barroso, Paola Bergallo, Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens, Joanna N. Erdman, Lisa M. Kelly, Adriana Lama?ková, Julieta Lemaitre, Alejandro Madrazo, Charles G. Ngwena, Rachel Rebouché, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Sally Sheldon, Reva B. Siegel, Verónica Undurraga, Melissa Upreti. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aAbortion$xLaw and legislation$vCase studies 606 $aAbortion$xLaw and legislation$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aReproductive rights$xLaw and legislation$vCase studies 606 $aReproductive rights$xLaw and legislation$vCross-cultural studies 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aAbortion$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aAbortion$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aReproductive rights$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aReproductive rights$xLaw and legislation 676 $a342.08/4 702 $aCook$b Rebecca J. 702 $aErdman$b Joanna N. 702 $aDickens$b Bernard M.$f1937- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786509603321 996 $aAbortion law in transnational perspective$93824446 997 $aUNINA