Abortion in European Law: Human Rights, Social Rights and the New Cultural Trend
15 Pages Posted: 25 Sep 2015
Date Written: September 24, 2015
Abstract
This article analyses 1) whether there is a right to abortion within the European Convention on human Rights, 2) whether abortion is a violation of social rights, and 3) whether a recent trend in Europe toward a restriction on abortion shows abortion is a social problem, and not a right or individual freedom.
Legislators and organizations hoping to better protect children and women from abortion will find here criticism of the idea of an existence of a human right to abortion, as well as a legal framework within which such legislative protections may be elaborated.
Keywords: human rights, ECHR, abortion, social rights, reproductive rights
JEL Classification: K00, K10, K33
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