Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024)
The regulation of abortion as a crime has notably changed over the last four decades, from being a prosecuted and criminally punished conduct to being considered a ‘constitutional right’ in the USA (from 1973 to 2022), Spain (from 2023) and France (2024). The aim of this article is to study such a s...
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| description | The regulation of abortion as a crime has notably changed over the last four decades, from being a prosecuted and criminally punished conduct to being considered a ‘constitutional right’ in the USA (from 1973 to 2022), Spain (from 2023) and France (2024). The aim of this article is to study such a surprising transition, looking at the Spanish case from a comparative and historical perspective, and to make some proposals to safeguard the fundamental rights of every human being without presenting abortion as the only possible solution to the dilemma or conflict of rights between the pregnant woman and the unborn child. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-268798e89f794ef9ab248d9df64525082025-08-20T02:29:38ZengTaylor & Francis GroupChurch, Communication and Culture2375-32342375-32422025-01-01101194410.1080/23753234.2025.2473107Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024)Aniceto Masferrer0Law School, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainThe regulation of abortion as a crime has notably changed over the last four decades, from being a prosecuted and criminally punished conduct to being considered a ‘constitutional right’ in the USA (from 1973 to 2022), Spain (from 2023) and France (2024). The aim of this article is to study such a surprising transition, looking at the Spanish case from a comparative and historical perspective, and to make some proposals to safeguard the fundamental rights of every human being without presenting abortion as the only possible solution to the dilemma or conflict of rights between the pregnant woman and the unborn child.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23753234.2025.2473107Western criminal law traditionabortioncrimehuman rights |
| spellingShingle | Aniceto Masferrer Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024) Church, Communication and Culture Western criminal law tradition abortion crime human rights |
| title | Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024) |
| title_full | Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024) |
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| title_short | Abortion: from a crime to a constitutional right? The Spanish case in comparative perspective (1984–2024) |
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| topic | Western criminal law tradition abortion crime human rights |
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