The right to abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic in foreign countries: diversification of approaches

Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 8

Pages

147-155

Abstract

The article, based on a comparative analysis of the practice of foreign countries, examines the main trends in the development of the rights to legal termination of pregnancy (abortion), which were subject to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is shown that in the context of the pandemic, access to abortion has decreased in almost all states, with a few exceptions. At the same time, significant restrictions on reproductive rights occur in the context of previously developed strategies and are directed towards the radicalization of approaches to abortion, which is demonstrated on the basis of an analysis of the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland of October 22, 2020, as an attempt by conservative politicians and the Catholic Church to finally limit reproductive choice and legitimize their priorities in the dispute about the beginning of the life of the human fetus. Ambiguous approaches to the regulation of abortion show that reforms are not complete and that abortion policy needs to be further explored during COVID-19.

Keywords

right to abortion, COVID-19 pandemic, reproductive rights, abortion legislation, abortion radicalization, Polish Constitutional Tribunal

Received

14.02.2022

Publication date

15.09.2022

Number of characters

38161

Cite

GOST	Chekharina V. The right to abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic in foreign countries: diversification of approaches // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 8 C. 147-155 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520021587-6-1 (circulation date: 29.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520021587-6
MLA	Chekharina, Valentina "The right to abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic in foreign countries: diversification of approaches." Gosudarstvo i pravo 8 (2022):147-155. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520021587-6
APA	Chekharina V. (2022). The right to abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic in foreign countries: diversification of approaches. Gosudarstvo i pravo (8), pp.147-155 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520021587-6

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