Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective

Rebecca J. Cook is Professor of Law Emerita and codirector of the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program at the University of Toronto. She is editor of Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives and coauthor of Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Joanna N. Erdman is Assistant Professor and MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy in the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Bernard M. Dickens is Professor of Law Emeritus and codirector of the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program at the University of Toronto. He is coauthor of Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law and Reproductive Health: Case Studies with Ethical Commentary.

"This diverse collection illuminates the innovative thinking of national, regional, and international court decisions on the appropriateness of abortion regulation. It will serve as an important reference for policy makers, advocates, and adjudicators from around the world for years to come." (Louise Arbour, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) "By transcending languages and borders, the authors introduce new ways of viewing abortion policy, whether in the European move toward a less punitive, more family-supportive approach, or the promising reforms in Latin America, or the global recognition of clearly defined access to services as essential to realizing rights. Along with its careful attention to how we frame our stories, this collection is essential reading for scholar and activist alike." (R. Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin Law School) "This collection shows the complexity of constitutional regime borrowing and grafting in this fast-moving area of law, with new regulatory modes of abortion unimaginable a few decades ago." (Sujit Choudhry, Dean, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley)