The Gender Injustice of Abortion Laws

Joanna Erdman

The Gender Injustice of Abortion Laws

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Abstract

This commentary is a response to Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska’s article on the treatment of criminal abortion laws as a form of sex discrimination under international human rights law through a study of the communications, Mellet v. Ireland and Whelan v. Ireland. The commentary offers a reading of these communications, and specifically the sex discrimination analysis premised on inequalities of treatment among women, as an engagement with the structural discrimination that characterises abortion laws, and asa radical vision for gender justice under international human rights law.

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Publication status	Published - Jan. 1 2019

Keywords

Abortion
Discrimination
Equality
Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
United Nations Human Rights Committee

Disciplines

Health Law and Policy
Human Rights Law
Law
Law and Gender
Law and Society
Medical Jurisprudence

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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The Gender Injustice of Abortion Laws

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