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DEVELOPMENTS

Latest additions to the Abortion Law Decisions Web page (online here):

Mexico Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación [Supreme Court] 2026, Declaratoria General de Inconstitucionalidad  01/2024, Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Presiding Judge: Justice Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá, January 30, 2025. Decision in Spanish.  [The state of Chihuahua must implement the federal  decriminalization of abortion in its laws].

Mexico: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación [Supreme Court] 2026, Declaratoria General de Inconstitucionalidad 1/2025, Feb. 16, 2026. Draft Decision in Spanish. Official press release in Spanish. [The Court struck down as unconstitutional a rule in the Mexican state of Sinaloa that allowed third-party substitution of consent for abortion for pregnant females who are deemed incapable of giving consent.]

Zambia: Violet Zulu v The People (HPA/20/2025) [2026] ZMHC 14 (16 January 2026). Decision online. [The High Court of Zambia overturned the conviction of a house cleaner, freeing her from a seven-year prison sentence for procuring her own abortion using herbs. Zambia’s liberal abortion law includes socio-economic grounds, but doctors are required for legal abortion and poor women cannot afford doctors’ fees.

SCHOLARSHIP

[abortion law, Italy ] “Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy,” by Elena Caruso, Journal of Law and Society 2026: 1-28, published March 25, 2026 Abstract and article.

[abortion law, proportionality] “The role of courts in abortion decriminalization: The unmet potential of proportionality,” by Alejandra Cárdenas Cerón, Ona Flores Montero and Rosario Grimà Algora, 23.4 International Journal of Constitutional Law (October 2025) 1073–1112. Abstract and article online.

[abortion law, U.S.] “From the Right to Choose to the Virtuous Victims?: Advocating for Reproductive Justice in the United States After Dobbs,” by Carole J. Petersen in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 54.1 (Fall 2025): 1-26 Abstract and article online.

[adolescent rights, Grenada, adolescents] “Ending Mandatory Parental Consent for SRH is a Win for Adolescent Rights in Grenada” by Tonia Frame, Fred Nunes and Dana Repka, Health and Human Rights Blog, April 8, 2026. Blog online.

[Afghanistan, maternal mortality] “Preventable maternal mortality in Afghanistan: Trends, lessons and recommendations, by Mohammad S Razai, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Soghra Khaliqi, Ghizal Haress and Rebecca J. Cook, “ International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2026;173:1639–1645.  Free Access. Abstract and PDF Online. Direct link to PDF. Abstract with related resources.

[Africa, anti-rights actors] “Are we really on the same page? Understanding the distortion of human rights law in Africa by anti-rights actors” by Lakshita Kanhija and Michael Gyan Nyarko, AfricLaw, March 16, 2026. AfricLaw Blogpost.

[Equality, Anti-Discrimination law] “Advancing Reproductive Equality Through Anti-Discrimination Law,” by Rebecca J. Cook in in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 54.1 (Fall 2025): 93-118 . Abstract and Article online.

[Equality anf Privacy] “Synthesis Theorization, by Gauri Pillai in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 54.1 (Fall 2025): 27-57. Abstract and Article online.

[Geneva Convention IV re protecting civilians] International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), updated their Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV) of 1949.  GC IV with new “Commentary pf 2025“. Featured here on Reprohealthlaw Blog. Article by Christina Zampas, et. al. 2024.

“Inter-American Reproductive Autonomy,” by Rosa Celorio, in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 54.1 (Fall 2025): 59=91. Abstract and Article online.

“Introduction to the DJILP Special Issues on Human Rights and Reproductive Justice: International and Comparative Perspectives,” by Louise Seiler & Kelley Loper in Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 54.1 (Fall 2025): [i-iii] Abstract and article online.

US-focused news, legal developments and resources are available from the Centre for Reproductive Rights, online here.

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Compiled by: the Coordinator of International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program, reprohealth*law at utoronto.ca.   See Program website for Abortion Law Decisions, Publications,  Research resources, and the Reprohealthlaw Commentaries Series.  TO JOIN THE REPROHEALTHLAW BLOG: enter your email address in the upper right corner of this blog, then check your email to confirm the subscription.

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