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Abortion and Abortion Rights from a Comparative Constitutional Law Perspective

In the recently decided case Dobbs v. Jackson, 597 US __ (2022), the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973), the landmark decision that had legalized abortion in the United States. As judges, lawyers, scholars, and the others struggle to understand the implications of this suddenly repealed “constitutional right,” we offer a free look at a number of articles which may help shed light on the right of abortion from an international comparative constitutional legal perspective.

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November 15, 2023

MPECCoL November 2023 Update

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law has added 2 articles, with the total number of published articles now at 374.

October 23, 2023

OCC19 October update

In October 2023, the Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 updated one jurisdiction.

October 13, 2023

MPECCoL October 2023 Update

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law has amended 3 articles, with the total number of published articles now at 372.

September 29, 2023

MPECCoL September 2023 Update

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law has added 5 new articles to the collection and amended 10 articles, with the total number of published articles now at 372.