Abstract
The debate on abortion has not yet found a clear solution. In fact, there is still discussion about what the limits of this procedure should be. This uncertainty is related to the lack of a clear definition of human life: when can the product of conception be defined as a human being with full medical-legal rights? Based on the answer to this question, the various world governments have drafted more or less restrictive laws regulating abortion. Since May 2019, some American states have considerably restricted the possibility of carrying out abortion on their territory. Alabama has practically banned abortion in any circumstance (including incest and rape). Obviously, these restrictive policies have had a significant impact on the social, bioethical and legal debate, concerning abortion, globally. This paper analyses the implications of these policies with a focus on women's fundamental rights: the right to health and the right to self-determination.
Highlights
Induced abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy before the time of fetal viability
The World Health Organization (WHO), in 2012, recommended that it be made possible for all women to have recourse to abortion safely and legally, recognizing this procedure as a woman’s right[3]
For example, on 30 May 2019, a law came into force in Louisiana prohibiting abortion at the time when the fetus’s heartbeat is detectable (6 weeks gestation)[6]; in Georgia, Mississippi, Iowa, Kentucky and Ohio have been drafted laws prohibiting abortion from the moment it is possible to detect the fetal heartbeat; in Missouri, from 24 May 2019, it has become illegal to abort after 8 weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of incest or rape; Utah and Arkansas passed a law that bans abortion after 18 weeks’ gestation[7]
Summary
POLÍTICA DE SAÚDE, IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE PRÁTICAS HEALTH POLICY, IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTICES. Andrea Cioffi (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5163-9558) 1 Fernanda Cioffi (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-3231) 2 Raffaella Rinaldi (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9222-2978) 1
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