Open AccessSome Regulatory Dilemmas of Artificial Termination of Pregnancy in Slovenian and Comparative Law
Author(s) -
Viktorija Žnidaršič Skubic
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medicine, law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2630-2535
pISSN - 2463-7955
DOI - 10.18690/2463-7955.10.2.165-182.2017
Subject(s) - jurisprudence , law , schematic , legislation , political science , prism , legal status , sociology , law and economics , engineering , physics , optics , electronic engineering
The article deals with the issue of the artificial termination of pregnancy through the prism of, typically, conflicting relations between the subjects involved and their interests. It specifically addresses the most contentious and morally-ethically as well as legally complicated relationship between the pregnant woman (the future mother) and the embryo or pre-embryo. The article explains the positions of legal theory and jurisprudence in Slovenia and abroad regarding the status of an embryo as a legal person. The authoress moreover touches the question of legal status of the (potential future) father of such an embryo and presents regulations dealing with artificial termination of pregnancy in domestic and comparative law. Through a schematic summary of typical characteristics of such regulations around the world, which greatly differs in details, the author highlights their basic characteristics as well as individual trends in the field.