DREPTUL LA AVORT – ÎNTRE INTERZICERE ȘI CONSACRARE LA NIVEL CONSTITUȚIONAL
THE RIGHT TO ABORTION – BETWEEN PROHIBITION AND CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION

Summary/Abstract: Against the backdrop of declining birth rates and the rise to power of conservative governments in some Western states, the right to abortion, understood as women's right to reproductive autonomy, has once again become a sensitive topic, sparking numerous controversies. This properly balances women's right to personal autonomy, the fetus's right to life, and the physician's freedom of thought and conscience.Among these rights, women's rights to control their bodies, to freely decide whether or not to have a child, and to access qualified medical services to ensure the effectiveness of guaranteed reproductive rights should prevail while respecting objective limits established by law.This paper aims to analyze the latest regulations on the right to abortion in the legislation of certain states in Europe and the United States, as well as the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on this matter. This analysis highlights a regression in protecting this right in the United States and Poland. At the same time, France has become the first country in the world to enshrine the right to abortion at the constitutional level.

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