Christianity and Abortion Rights

Bodies, rights and abortion.

The issue of abortion is discussed with reference to the claim that people have a right of control over their own bodies. Do people "own" their own bodies? If so, what would be entailed? These questions are discussed in commonsense terms and also in relation to the jurisprudence of Hohfeld, Honore, Munzer and Waldron. It is argued that whether or not women are morally and/or should be legally e...

Abortion rights in America.

Abortion and Women Reproductive Health Care Rights

Abortion is a fact in the lives of many women. Approximately 20% of American women of childbearing age have already had an abortion, and it is estimated that one out of three American women will have had one by age 45.1 Robinson and colleagues authored a review article entitled “Is there an abortion trauma syndrome? Critiquing the evidence?” (2008)2 that exemplifies the American Psychiatric Ass...

Foetal Rights and the Regulation of Abortion

In.this article, the author discusses the legal status of the foetus in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tremblay v. Daigle. She examines the Court's finding that the foetus has no rights in the civil or common law and exposes the resulting difficulties with the assertion of foetal rights under the Charter. By drawing upon factums submitted by the parties and by anti-abortion...

The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Poland

This study examines why it was relatively easy for decision makers in post-communist Poland to abolish a woman’s right to abortion after almost 40 years of liberal legislation and access to the procedure. This turn of events is especially noteworthy as it occurred in the first years of democracy when the vast majority of the society did not question the existing approach to abortion and opposed...