Keywords
International law
Comparative perspective
Human rights
Women’s rights
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Abstract
This article will map and analyze the main trends that public international law, comparative law and transnational perspectives have followed when approaching the issue of abortion. It will examine the way in which the legal argumentation and interpretation is constructed, the approximations and criteria legal scholars, legislators and courts have adopted in selecting the points of comparison, as well as the varied subjects, rights and social values that enter under scrutiny when coping with this matter. It will do so under the main referential framework of international human rights law and doctrine, as an approach through which academic outlooks, legislative positions and practical instances regarding abortion can be studied, considering the universal values and objectives which serve as the foundation of such rights.
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