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Davis, Gayle, and Roger Davidson. "“A Fifth Freedom” or “Hideous Atheistic Expediency”? The Medical Community and Abortion Law Reform in Scotland, c.1960–1975." Medical History 50, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 29–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025727300000120.

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The purpose of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, published on 15 June 1966, was to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner. When David Steel, a young Liberal MP from the Scottish Borders, put this bill forward, some suggested that a Scottish politician had no need to introduce abortion reform since Scots law was already satisfactory in this regard. Certainly, abortion law in Scotland was more flexible than its English counterpart, and the number of prosecutions few. The line between criminal and non-criminal abortion was, however, just as indistinct, with great medical uncertainty in this area. On becoming law, the 1967 Abortion Act was the first piece of abortion-related legislation to cover Scotland, England and Wales collectively. None the less, for a variety of legal and moral reasons, abortion policy and practice continued to differ on either side of the Border.
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Law, Nathaniel. "Abortion: Supreme Court Avoids Disturbing Abortion Precedents by Ruling on Grounds of Remedy – Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 34, no. 2 (2006): 469–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00055.x.

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On January 18, 2006, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the constitutional challenge to New Hampshire's Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act would be remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to determine whether the Court of Appeals could, consistent with New Hampshire's legislative intent, formulate a narrower remedy than a permanent injunction against enforcement of the parental notification law in its entirety.In 2003, New Hampshire enacted the Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act (“The Act”). The Act specifies, in pertinent part, that “No abortion shall be performed upon an unemancipated minor or upon a female for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed… until at least 48 hours after written notice of the pending abortion has been delivered....” The Act allows for three exceptions where a physician may perform an abortion on a minor child without parental or guardian notification.
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Scott, Rosamund. "RECONSIDERING “WRONGFUL LIFE” IN ENGLAND AFTER THIRTY YEARS: LEGISLATIVE MISTAKES AND UNJUSTIFIABLE ANOMALIES." Cambridge Law Journal 72, no. 1 (March 2013): 115–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008197313000044.

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AbstractUnder English law a child born disabled, for instance by Tay Sachs disease, as a result of negligent embryo selection by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (‘PGD’), can sue the relevant health professionals by means of a 1990 amendment to the Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) (‘CD’) Act 1976. By contrast, a second child conceived outside the in vitro fertilisation (‘IVF’) clinic, whose Tay Sachs is not detected in utero by means of prenatal diagnosis, can have no claim against the relevant health professionals due to the decision in McKay and Another v Essex Area Health Authority, which held that a child can have no claim for so-called “wrongful life”. This paper argues that this difference is anomalous and inequitable. It highlights the inadvertent way in which the legislative exception was crafted and shows that there are no relevant differences between the selection practices of PGD and PND that would in any event justify such different treatment. It critiques the English common law position on wrongful life by analysing the ethical and legal foundations of such a claim, arguing that the action should be permitted on the basis of a certain degree of severity, namely where a future child is likely to think that his or her life is not worth living. The analysis makes particular reference to developments since McKay in the law relating to the selective non-treatment of neonates, selective abortion, wrongful birth, and the action for wrongful life itself, as well as to the legal position of pregnant women in relation to the fetus, and the critique by people with disabilities of the practices of PGD and PND. The paper argues that McKay and those parts of the CD Act that purport to deny a claim for wrongful life to children born outside the IVF context should be revisited when the opportunity arises. The duty that health professionals already owe prospective parents to advise of a condition in a developing fetus that would give rise to serious impairments in the future child (which sounds in an action for so-called “wrongful birth”) should be owed at the same time to the future child, realised by advice to the pregnant woman, where a child is likely to be born with a condition that is so severe that any goods in life are outweighed by the burdens.
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DeSanto, Marisa J., and Robert A. Bitonte. "Abortion Legislation: Unsafe? Unconstitutional?" Journal of Legal Medicine 40, sup1 (February 1, 2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01947648.2020.1715724.

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Bevan, Chris. "Reconceptualising Homelessness Legislation in England." Modern Law Review 84, no. 5 (May 2, 2021): 953–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12634.

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Gutierrez-Romine, Alicia. "Abortion and the Law in California." California History 99, no. 1 (2022): 10–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ch.2022.99.1.10.

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Though California is recognized for protecting women’s right to choose today, this was not always the case. Abortion was illegal in California, as it was in all other states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; over time, however, California witnessed a series of legal amendments and cases that pressed on its nineteenth-century statute—culminating in the decriminalization of abortion years before Roe v. Wade. This article begins with the history of California abortion legislation, then analyzes recent laws passed elsewhere in the United States, showing how these new laws simply repeat laws previously passed and discarded in California. This overview should prove helpful to citizens and legislators who wish their states to follow suit and protect choice.
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Grubb, Andrew. "Abortion Law in England: The Medicalization of a Crime." Law, Medicine and Health Care 18, no. 1-2 (March 1990): 146–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.1990.tb01143.x.

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Gevers, Sjef. "Abortion Legislation and the Future of the 'Counseling Model'." European Journal of Health Law 13, no. 1 (2006): 27–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180906777036355.

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AbstractThis article aims at further reflection on the 'counseling model'. It is based on the recent evaluation of the Dutch abortion act. How has this model worked in the Netherlands? What can be learned from that experience about its weak and strong sides, as well as about its suitability for the future, taking into account relevant medical and societal developments? In doing so, the article first elaborates on three models relating them also to the present legal situation in a number of European countries. A description of the Dutch act and a report on the results of the evaluation study which was carried out in the years 2004–2005 is given. Finally, on the basis of these findings, the author discusses the merits of the 'counseling model', also with a view to the future.
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Lyons, Donald. "Unappealing legislation?" Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 16, no. 6 (November 2010): 438–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.110.008524.

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SummaryThe deprivation of liberty safeguards apply to England and Wales. In Scotland, trends and uncertainties in the use of welfare guardianship (the equivalent action under Scottish law) provide a useful comparison. In both jurisdictions, there are risks to the rights of individuals.
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Petersen, Kerry. "Abortion Laws: Comparative and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, England and the United States." Medical Law International 2, no. 2 (March 1996): 77–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096853329600200201.

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In this article I examine the paradoxical nature of abortion developments in three jurisdictions and find that reproductive freedom is a more elusive goal in the United States where abortion has been elevated to a qualified right, than in England or Victoria where nineteenth century criminal statutes have been modified but not repealed. Abortion is now a moral scapegoat in the United States and it is difficult to predict if it will ever be resolved. Changes to law in the other two jurisdictions were less extreme and were shaped by a gradual change in attitudes towards abortion. Nevertheless, the laws in all three jurisdictions deny women full reproductive freedom and are founded on the assumption that women are not responsible moral beings. The repeal of all laws concerning abortion would be a stepping stone to re-framing moral questions about abortion and developing a distinctive feminine morality which attends to the needs of women.
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Wong, Stephanie Lynne. "Health implications of Hong Kong abortion laws." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193849.

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Abortion is a difficult topic to discuss and grasp. Whether it is a dilemma of personal morals and ethics, religion, or simply the nature of the act – the privacy and intimacy of an abortion often causes uneasiness when discussing. To make matters more difficult, there are many issues to consider in addition to deciding whether one wants to attain an abortion; social stigma, cost, parental consent, procedure availability, and more may exacerbate the woman’s situation. In Hong Kong, where the number of legal abortion procedures are limited in public hospitals and costs soar to extreme amounts, many women seeking abortions fall through the cracks and must seek alternative ways of having this time-sensitive procedure fulfilled. As Hong Kong continues to Westernize and liberally develop into comparably one of the most advanced cities in the world, it is important to note that Hong Kong law does not permit a women to rightfully attain a abortion by mere free will. This report seeks to analyze the trials and tribulations that women must face to prevent the need of an abortion as well as the difficulties in procuring one. The methods of researching articles through scholarly sources is detailed and depicted with a flowchart; reasons for inclusion and exclusion are noted. Entailed in the results section is also a comprehensive analysis of the gaps in Hong Kong’s abortion laws; discussed are the problems women endure when trying to satisfy Hong Kong’s legal requirements for abortion procedures as well as when they avoid the legal and/or medical system altogether. Supporting evidence, facts, and figures of historical prices and methods of abortions are displayed in the results section to support the dissertation argument. Finally, a discussion involving recommendations and how to move forward are suggested in order to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and therefore abortions in Hong Kong.
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Malmsköld, Elin. "The status of abortion in public international law and its effect on domestic legislation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355922.

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Few issues divide leaders and policy-makers as much as abortion, which regularly sparks heated political, religious and philosophical debates. Numerous states choose to prohibit or criminalize abortion, despite the fact that it has been practiced throughout recorded history. In many of these states, women turn to unsafe abortion methods, such as consuming bleach or inserting a coat hanger, which may cause long-term damage or death. In the light of this tragic reality, one could ask whether these women have a right to safe abortion in human rights law or not. In order to answer this question, the author analyzes the status of abortion in public international law. The results are based on a thorough examination of the preparatory works (travaux préparatoires) and reservations to CEDAW, CRC, ECHR, and ICCPR, as well as documents by international and regional treaty bodies. The author applies a treaty-based international law methodology, analyzes the results through Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin’s theory of the public and private distinction in public international law and discusses the juridical- political context. The author concludes that there is neither an explicitly formulated human right to abortion, nor is abortion included within the right to family planning. However, she finds that domestic legislation which criminalizes or restrict access to safe abortions may be in violation of other fundamental human rights.
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Page, Lisa Jane. "The enforcement of environmental law in England and Wales." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/408.

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The control of environmentally damaging activities has become one of the most important areas for concern in recent years. The amount of legislation relating to this subject area has increased several-fold, with European Directives and domestic laws being introduced in response to pressure from a variety of avenues. Key studies on the enforcement of environmental law have been carried out. However, this work was undertaken prior to the expansion of legislative provisions at the start of the 1990s. In the light of this new legislation,n ew regulatorya genciesa, ndc hangingp ublic opinion, the following researcha imsw ere formulated: 1. To assess the approach to enforcement by regulatory agencies (co-operation versus confrontation). 2. To determinet he extent and rate of utilisation of enforcemenmt ethodsb y the regulatory authorities, and the reasons for non-utilisation. 3. To determine which factors influence the strategic decision making process, and to measure the relative importance of each factor. 4. To investigate the types of enforcement policies prevalent in regulatory agencies and evaluate their varying levels of effectiveness. 5. To determine the level of consistency in the approach to enforcement within and between regulatory agencies. 6. To examine the consistency of the levels of penalties applied by the courts. 7. To suggest improvements to the system where required. The first phase of the research involved a postal questionnaire to local authorities. This was followed by structured interviews with NRA and HMIP personnel. An assessment of the consistency of the regulators' enforcement action was made through responses to a regulated community questionnaire, and an appraisal of the consistency of penalties applied by the courts was achieved by analysis of case reports. The main findings from the research were: I. Regulatory agencies adopted a co-operative enforcement approach in the first instance, followed by more stringent action if required. 2. Most regulatory bodies did not use the full array of enforcement methods at their disposal. 3. A large variety of factors relating to the incident affects the decision making process. 4. Not all local authorities had an enforcement policy. Of those that did, a wide variation in the type of enforcement policies existed. 5. Regulators were found to be inconsistent in their enforcement practices. 6. The levels of penalties applied by the courts were also found to be inconsistent. Improvements to the system were suggested as a result of these research findings.
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Du, Plessis J. R. "The law of culpable homicide in South Africa : with reference to the law of manslaughter in English law and the law related to negligent killing in German law." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003185.

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Culpable homicide is the unlawful negligent killing of a fellow human being. As such it is in many respects a 'residual' crime being the verdict prosecutors may expect when they are unable to prove the intention to kill when prosecuting for murder. A feature of this was that in the past when defences such as, for instance, intoxication or provocation were raised at murder trials, convictions of culpable homicide were almost automatic. In recent years, under the influence of the 'purist' current in our Criminal law, intoxication has become a defence to culpable homicide and provocation resulting in loss of self-control has also become a defence to culpable homicide. These developments are unacceptable to some writers on criminal law and a move away from the purist approach to the 'traditional' or pragmatic approach is to be expected. Greater emphasis will be placed on practical results than on the achievement of logical consistency. This could result in the law of culpable homicide becoming more socially effective than it is at present.
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Keown, I. J. "Some aspects of the regulation of abortion in England from 1803 to 1982 : With particular reference to the influence of the medical profession on the development of the law and the law on the practice of abortion by the medical profession." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384788.

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Monthey, Tanya Trangia. ""The Most Difficult Vote": Post-Roe Abortion Politics in Oregon, 1973-2001." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4822.

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The abortion debate in the United States has come to split the contemporary electorate among party lines. Since the late 1970s, the Republican Party has taken a stand against abortion and has worked through various routes of legislation to pass restrictions on access to the procedure. Oregon however, provides a different interpretation of this partisan debate. Though Oregon has seen both Republican and Democratic leadership in all houses of state government and pro-life conservative groups have lobbied to restrict the procedure, no abortion restriction has been passed in the state since the United States Supreme Court invalidated many state abortion bans in 1973. This thesis analyzes the legislative history of Oregon beginning in the mid nineteenth century, when the Oregon Territory first passed an abortion ban. Oregon voters and lawmakers alike were continuously asked to debate the legality and morality of abortion. Though the state did participate in the national debate over access to abortion, made clear by dozens of attempts at restricting the procedure, Oregon's response to conservative political trends is distinctive. Oregon liberalized its abortion law before Roe was decided; and years before, prominent physicians provided abortions and advocated for reproductive health. After abortion was decriminalized, Oregon legislators protected abortion access further by rejecting all attempts to pass abortion restrictions and crafting legislation to make further restrictions more difficult to pass. Even as Republicans gained majorities in the Oregon legislature in the late 1980s and 1990s and the pro-life movement gained momentum on the statewide level nationally, Republican lawmakers remained unwilling to prioritize abortion legislation. So too, in the decades following the Roe decision, Oregon voters have rejected all pro-life attempts to restrict abortion access by ballot initiative. Instead of pointing to one explanation for Oregon's protection of abortion access, this thesis examines the societal and legislative developments that worked in tandem to create a legislative landscape that is protective of abortion.
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Blackmore, Martin James. "Actively seeking work : an enquiry into the implementation of the work test in England from the Poor Law to the Jobseeker's Allowance." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326998.

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Marques, Pereira Bérengère. "La fonction hégémonique de l'Etat dans le processus de politisation de l'interruption volontaire de grossesse en Belgique, 1970-1986." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/213573.

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Chandler, Abby. "At the Magistrate's Discretion: Sexual Crime and New England Law, 1636-1718." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/ChandlerA2008.pdf.

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Burlage, G. Rachel. "The Undue Burden Standard: The Effects of Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) on State Abortion Laws." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5326/.

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This thesis examines the effects of the change from strict scrutiny to the undue burden standard in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). A history of abortion in the United States and the various ways in which government regulates it is explored. Particular attention is focused on the role of the federal judiciary in abortion regulation. Theories of judicial decision making are discussed as means to understand the outcome of cases. Several models are tested to determine which, if any, model explains judicial decision making. The effect of the change in standard, as well as an alternate precedent, are examined.
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Books on the topic "Abortion – Law and legislation – England"

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Keown, John. Abortion, doctors, and the law: Some aspects of the legal regulation of abortion in England from 1803 to 1982. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

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Abortion. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1996.

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Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate. Abortion legislation in Europe. [Washington, D.C.]: Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Center, 2015.

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Naden, Corinne J. Abortion. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008.

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Jacquelyn, Landis, ed. Abortion. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

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Muckala, Kathy. Oklahoma abortion law overview. [Oklahoma City?]: Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1998.

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Kingston, James. Abortion and the law. Dublin: Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 1997.

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Muckala, Kathy. Oklahoma abortion law overview. [Oklahoma City, Okla.]: The Division, 1997.

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Muckala, Kathy. Oklahoma abortion law overview. [Oklahoma City]: Oklahoma House of Representatives, 2001.

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Jean, Leverich, ed. Abortion. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010.

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Book chapters on the topic "Abortion – Law and legislation – England"

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Dickens, B. M. "Comparative Law and Legislation on Eugenic Sterilization and Selective Abortion." In Human Genetics, 673–82. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71635-5_92.

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Lemmings, David. "Parliament, Legislation and the People: The Idea and Experience of Leviathan." In Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century, 126–71. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230354401_5.

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Guney, Gizem, David Davies, and Po-Han Lee. "Introduction." In Towards Gender Equality in Law, 1–12. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98072-6_1.

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AbstractThis book is the product of an international and interdisciplinary conference that was held at the University of Sussex, UK, in 2018. The primary aim of the conference was to have a closer look at the reasons and impacts of numerous problematic legislation and policies that have been adopted across the world over the last decade and which had a destabilising effect on gender equality and justice. There have been some notable examples in this regard: Poland has reintroduced restriction on women’s right to abortion in 2020 (Calkin & Kaminska, 2020); the debate over the so-called foetal “heartbeat” bills in Taiwan (Liu, 2020) and the ephemeral unconstitutional anti-abortion state laws have been heated in the US and internationally since 2019 (Bakst, 2019; Evans & Narasimhan, 2020); Russia has partially decriminalised domestic violence in 2016, despite the outcry from activists and victims (Semukhina, 2020). As a pandemic swept Europe (Kuhar & Paternotte, 2017), the mobilisation of “anti-gender”, anti-feminist and misogynist discourse in the political and policy domains has its global resonance in, for instance, Brazil (Hunter & Power, 2019), India (Rothermel, 2020) and South Korea (Kim, 2021). In this light, it would not be an exaggeration to contend that the last decade marks a global crisis of gender equality.
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Gillespie, Alisdair A. "Substantive and Procedural Legislation in England and Wales to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse." In Information Technology and Law Series, 291–344. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-288-0_7.

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Winstone, Julia. "Towards Gender Equality in the Solicitors’ Profession in England and Wales A Practical, Intersectional, Socio-legal Approach." In Towards Gender Equality in Law, 177–92. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98072-6_9.

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AbstractOver 30 years of initiatives to improve the career progression of women in the solicitors’ profession in England and Wales have failed to achieve gender equality in practice. Equality legislation from the 1970s onwards, has still not translated to equality for women solicitors in retention, progression, partnership and equal pay in private practice. Significant numbers of women have entered the profession and remained at junior levels since the 1970s, outnumbering male entrants since 1992-3 and practising men solicitors since 2017. A gap persists between participation rates for men and women, with the number of women active in the profession reducing with age and experience. This chapter presents a practical, intersectional, socio-legal approach to overcome the barriers faced by many women solicitors, based on current issues identified by practising, non-practising solicitors and left professionals. Practical initiatives are developed to effect meaningful change in practice to maximise opportunities available for all.
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Neller, Jen. "Hate Speech Law and Equality: A Cautionary Tale for Advocates of “Stirring up Gender Hatred” Offences." In Towards Gender Equality in Law, 153–74. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98072-6_8.

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AbstractDebates about hate speech legislation tend to be dominated by the conflict between freedom of expression on the one hand and freedom from the harms of hatred on the other; it is pervasively claimed that a balance must be struck between these competing interests. This chapter carefully examines this framing of the issue, drawing on parliamentary debates to foreground the classificatory assumptions and power imbalances that are at play in such purportedly neutral balancing exercises. These insights are used to contextualise the question of whether the stirring up hatred offences of England and Wales should be extended to encompass gender hatred. With a focus on the pursuit of intersectional equality, the chapter raises important dynamics that advocates of such offences should consider beyond the headline issue of free speech.
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Fredman, Sandra. "Abortion." In Comparative Human Rights Law, 187–230. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199689408.003.0007.

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——Chapter seven examines abortion. A comparative approach reveals the pivotal role of the characterization of relevant rights. Is this an issue of the right to life, to privacy, or to equality? Running through these issues are the cross-cutting themes identified above, particularly the interaction between legislatures and courts. Section II demonstrates that legislatures and courts interact in different ways. In some jurisdictions, courts have struck down legislation prohibiting abortion; while in others, courts have done the reverse and invalidated legislation providing a right to abortiofn. In a third group, courts and legislatures have worked together, either to cement prohibitions, or to protect the right to abortion. Section III examines the right to life in relation to abortion; section IV considers privacy; while section V examines equality. Section VI assesses third-party rights, and particularly the ways in which conscientious objection is dealt with in different jurisdictions.
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Jackson, Emily. "14. Abortion." In Medical Law, 735–91. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198825845.003.0014.

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All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter examines the law on abortion, beginning with a survey of the ongoing debate over the moral legitimacy of abortion. It then examines the current legal position, and considers how the Abortion Act 1967, as amended, works in practice. It looks at recent controversies over sex-selective abortion and considers the prospects for law reform. Finally, the chapter looks briefly at the regulation of abortion in Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the United States.
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"Women and Abortion Law Reform." In Abortion in England 1900-1967, 91–116. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203104231-10.

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"Table of Legislation, Treaties, and Other Relevant Instruments." In Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective, 379–86. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812209990.379.

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Conference papers on the topic "Abortion – Law and legislation – England"

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Maitland, R. P. "Regulation of Ageing Reprocessing Facilities in the UK." In ASME 2011 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2011-59353.

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The UK’s strategy for spent Magnox reactor fuel demands continued operation of the Magnox Reprocessing facility at Sellafield (located in the North West of England) to reprocess the remaining spent fuel in the shutdown Magnox reactor stations and from the two remaining operational Magnox reactor stations, Wylfa and Oldbury. Safety, security, environmental, transport, energy and economic issues provide the initiative to continue reprocessing in ageing facilities that are prone to chronic operational and nuclear safety challenges. One of the responsibilities of the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation is to regulate the safety of continuing Magnox Reprocessing Operations against relevant health and safety legislation; this largely non-prescriptive framework requires dutyholders to demonstrably reduce risk so far as is reasonably practicable. This paper articulates the often complex balances that have to be made to demonstrate compliance with safety law to sustain continued operation of ageing reprocessing facilities. This paper details how the UK’s regulatory framework facilitates a flexible, proportionate and goal-setting approach to regulating operational facilities where it is difficult to satisfy relevant good practice or standards that would be expected of a modern facility. The challenges presented by regulation of ageing, operational facilities is analogous to those from legacy waste retrieval and decommissioning; this paper reflects the versatility of the UK’s regulatory approach to these two different areas of the fuel cycle.
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Reports on the topic "Abortion – Law and legislation – England"

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Lahey, Joanna, and Marianne Wanamaker. Effects of Restrictive Abortion Legislation on Cohort Mortality Evidence from 19th Century Law Variation. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30201.

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