Accessing Late-Term Abortion Following Sexual Assault: Looking Inside the Danish Legal Black Box
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Accessing Late-Term Abortion Following Sexual Assault : Looking Inside the Danish Legal Black Box . / Petersen, Annika Frida.
In: Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2022, p. 389-406.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Accessing Late-Term Abortion Following Sexual Assault
T2 - Looking Inside the Danish Legal Black Box
AU - Petersen, Annika Frida
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article takes a critical look at potential human rights violations around access to late-term abortion following sexual assault in Danish law. Based on access to decisions from the country’s regional abortion councils combined with interviews with members of the abortion councils, the article sheds light on how national legislation and decision-making practices can lead to additional violations of the integrity of applicants who have survived sexual violence. A systematic failure to apply human rights consideration in the councils’ practices is revealed, and suggestions for changes that would bring Danish law and decision-making practices in line with the human rights framework are proposed.
AB - This article takes a critical look at potential human rights violations around access to late-term abortion following sexual assault in Danish law. Based on access to decisions from the country’s regional abortion councils combined with interviews with members of the abortion councils, the article sheds light on how national legislation and decision-making practices can lead to additional violations of the integrity of applicants who have survived sexual violence. A systematic failure to apply human rights consideration in the councils’ practices is revealed, and suggestions for changes that would bring Danish law and decision-making practices in line with the human rights framework are proposed.
KW - Faculty of Law
KW - Abort
KW - Menneskerettigheder
KW - Velfærd
KW - CRPD
KW - CRC
U2 - 10.1080/18918131.2022.2094131
DO - 10.1080/18918131.2022.2094131
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 389
EP - 406
JO - Nordic Journal of Human Rights
JF - Nordic Journal of Human Rights
SN - 1891-8131
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 307746102