Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Tag: Decriminalization

  • I-CONnect Global Symposium: Five Perspectives on the Brazilian Abortion Ruling

    —Richard Albert, Boston College Law School Last month, we announced that I-CONnect would host a special symposium on a recent abortion decision in Brazil. In an historic ruling for the region, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Brazil held that a criminal prohibition on procuring an abortion before the end of the first trimester violates the fundamental…