Human Rights Dynamics of Abortion Law Reform
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Human Rights Dynamics of
Abortion Law Reform
Rebecca J. Cook*
Bernard M. Dickens**
Table of Contents
I. Introduction ................................................................................. 3
II. C rim inal Law ............................................................................... 8
A . Abortion as a Crim e ............................................................... 8
B. Evidence of Crim e ................................................................. 9
C. The Human Rights Violation of Forced Pregnancy .............. 10
* Rebecca ]. Cook received her A.B. from Barnard, her M.A. from Tufts, and her M.P.A.
from Harvard. She received a J.D. from Georgetown, an LL.M. from Columbia, and an
J.S.D. from Columbia. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine
and the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto; Co-Director, International
Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law, University of Toronto. She is ethical
and legal issues co-editor of the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and
serves on the editorial advisory boards of Human Rights Quarterly and Reproductive
Health Matters. Her publications include over one hundred and fifty books, articles, and
reports in the areas of international human rights, the law relating to women's health and
feminist ethics. She is the recipient of the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding
Contribution to Women's Health by the International Federation of Gynecologists and
Obstetricians, the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize, and is a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada.
** Bernard M. Dickens is the Dr. William M. Scholl Professor of Health Law and Policy at
the Faculty of Law, cross-appointed to the Faculty of Medicine and Joint Centre for
Bioethics. After completing a Ph.D. degree in Law at the University of London and
coming to the University of Toronto in 1974, he earned a higher doctorate (LL.D. degree)
in Medical Jurisprudence. He has over 300 publications primarily in medical law and
bioethics, and many international collaborations. In 1990-1991 he was president of the
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, and is currently a vice-president of the
World Association for Medical Law. He has worked on several World Health Organiza-
tion projects, particularly on human experimentation and organ transplantation. Professor
Dickens is legal articles editor of The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, and on
editorial boards of several medical law journals. His major current research collaboration
is with Professor Rebecca Cook and Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla to produce a book (Oxford
University Press) on reproductive and sexual health law.
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