Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: Defragmenting the Ever-Growing Family Law System
- Australia: Recognition of Children’s Rights and the High Court of Australia
- Belgium: What is a Parent? Answers and Questions
- Chile: Comments on the Regulation of the ‘First Welcome’ in the Protocol of the Interinstitutional Technical Table of Chile
- China: Research on the Necessity and Feasibility of Recognising Same-Sex Couples’ Status Under Civil Law in China
- China: The Protection of Property Rights and Interests of Divorced Female Family Caregivers
- Czech Republic: On Couples in De Facto Unions in the Czech Republic
- England and Wales: Abortion in England and Wales: The Ethical Challenge
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2021
- Hong Kong: Hello, Can You Hear Me? Implementing Article 12 of the UNCRC in the Hong Kong Legal Setting
- Ireland: LGBT + Family Rights in Ireland: Stretching Traditional Conceptions of Parenthood
- Italy: Italy’s 2021 Family Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity to Harness Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Minors
- Norway: Legal Capacity in Family Law Matters: Implementing Article 12 of the CRPD in Norway
- Poland: Legal Effects of Incapacitation in Polish Family Law
- Seychelles: Ground(s) For Divorce in Seychelles
- Slovenia: The Impact of Covid-19 on Family Relations in Slovenia
- South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa Some Legal Implications, Including Constitutional, Marriage and Succession
- South Korea: Grandchild Adoption in South Korea
- Sweden: Harmonising Family Law Across Borders in Europe
- United States of America: The Surprising Continuing Lack of Consensus Under US Law for the Award of Spousal Support After Divorce
- Index
England and Wales: Abortion in England and Wales: The Ethical Challenge
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2023
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: Defragmenting the Ever-Growing Family Law System
- Australia: Recognition of Children’s Rights and the High Court of Australia
- Belgium: What is a Parent? Answers and Questions
- Chile: Comments on the Regulation of the ‘First Welcome’ in the Protocol of the Interinstitutional Technical Table of Chile
- China: Research on the Necessity and Feasibility of Recognising Same-Sex Couples’ Status Under Civil Law in China
- China: The Protection of Property Rights and Interests of Divorced Female Family Caregivers
- Czech Republic: On Couples in De Facto Unions in the Czech Republic
- England and Wales: Abortion in England and Wales: The Ethical Challenge
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2021
- Hong Kong: Hello, Can You Hear Me? Implementing Article 12 of the UNCRC in the Hong Kong Legal Setting
- Ireland: LGBT + Family Rights in Ireland: Stretching Traditional Conceptions of Parenthood
- Italy: Italy’s 2021 Family Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity to Harness Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Minors
- Norway: Legal Capacity in Family Law Matters: Implementing Article 12 of the CRPD in Norway
- Poland: Legal Effects of Incapacitation in Polish Family Law
- Seychelles: Ground(s) For Divorce in Seychelles
- Slovenia: The Impact of Covid-19 on Family Relations in Slovenia
- South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa Some Legal Implications, Including Constitutional, Marriage and Succession
- South Korea: Grandchild Adoption in South Korea
- Sweden: Harmonising Family Law Across Borders in Europe
- United States of America: The Surprising Continuing Lack of Consensus Under US Law for the Award of Spousal Support After Divorce
- Index
Summary
Résumé
Dans le cadre de l’enquête internationale de l’ISFL de cette année, j’ai choisi d’examiner sept affaires qui illustrent le fait que, malgré la facilité d’obtenir un avortement en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles, il existe toujours un débat, dans les tribunaux et en-dehors, sur les questions éthiques complexes qui sont en jeu.
Dans ce débat, les termes « fœtus », « enfant » ou « enfant à naître » ont tous été utilisés de manière interchangeable pour désigner l’être in utero . Le choix du terme utilisé peut refléter la position éthique d’une personne sur l’avortement ou indiquer qu’avant la naissance, la loi actuelle ne reconnaît pas le fœtus comme une personne juridique. Compte tenu de cette absence de reconnaissance juridique, et dans le souci de rester neutre sur la question de l’interruption volontaire de grossesse, j’ai utilisé le terme « fœtus » tout au long de cet article, excepté lorsqu’une autre expression a été utilisée dans les cas étudiés.
In this year’s International Survey, I have chosen to examine seven cases which illustrate that, in spite of the ease with which an abortion may be obtained in England and Wales, there remains an ongoing debate, both in and outside of the courts, on the complex ethical issues involved.
In this debate, the terms foetus, child or unborn child have all been used interchangeably to refer to the being in utero. The term used may reflect a person’s ethical stance on abortion or may be indicative of the fact that prior to birth the current law does not recognise the foetus as a legal being.
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- International Survey of Family Law 2022 , pp. 121 - 152Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2022