"The Power of Acting As If: Prefigurative Politics and Statutory Abortion Law" by Joanna Erdman

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The Power of Acting As If: Prefigurative Politics and Statutory Abortion Law

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Joanna Erdman, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Keywords

Abortion Law,
Statutory Abortion Law,
Abortion Rights,
Morgentaler,
Canada

Disciplines

Courts,
Health Law and Policy,
Human Rights Law,
Law,
Law and Gender,
Law and Society and
Medical Jurisprudence

Abstract

This symposium asks about statutory laws to codify abortion rights, and, by the question, suggests that such laws are distinct from statutes that restrict abortion, the common focus of abortion rights. We are much more familiar with abortion rights as a challenge to, rather than as the basis of, statutory law.

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Joanna Erdman, "The Power of Acting As If: Prefigurative Politics and Statutory Abortion Law" (2022) 35 Harvard Human Rights J.