| Achieving transparency in implementing abortion laws. | |
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PMID: 17889879 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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National and international courts and tribunals are increasingly ruling that although states may aim to deter unlawful abortion by criminal penalties, they bear a parallel duty to inform physicians and patients of when abortion is lawful. The fear is that women are unjustly denied safe medical procedures to which they are legally entitled, because without such information physicians are deterred from involvement. With particular attention to the European Court of Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee, the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, and the US Supreme Court, decisions are explained that show the responsibility of states to make rights to legal abortion transparent. Litigants are persuading judges to apply rights to reproductive health and human rights to require states' explanations of when abortion is lawful, and governments are increasingly inspired to publicize regulations or guidelines on when abortion will attract neither police nor prosecutors' scrutiny. |
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Authors:
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R J Cook; J N Erdman; B M Dickens |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-09-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Volume: 99 ISSN: 0020-7292 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Gynaecol Obstet Publication Date: 2007 Nov |
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Created Date: 2007-10-19 Completed Date: 2008-02-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0210174 Medline TA: Int J Gynaecol Obstet Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 157-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Faculty of Law and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abortion, Legal
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legislation & jurisprudence* Colombia Europe Female Government Humans International Cooperation Northern Ireland Peru Social Justice / legislation & jurisprudence Social Responsibility United States Women's Rights / legislation & jurisprudence* |
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