Legal Abortion or Unequal Abortion: Criminalization of Abortion in Light of the Gender Identity Law

Authors

  • Evelin Estefania Guercioni

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/25251678e399

Keywords:

Abortion, gender identity, equality, penalization

Abstract

There is a legal inconsistency between the articles of the penal code that criminalize voluntary termination of pregnancy and the principle of equality enshrined in Article 16 of the Argentine National Constitution. This inconsistency is not evident per se, but can be discovered by taking into account, on the one hand, Law No. 26,743 on Gender Identity, and on the other hand, that those who are criminalized for abortion in the Argentinean Penal Code are women. Starting from these normative bases, a global analysis will be developed, to evaluate how some are related to others and from it to elaborate a conclusion regarding its validity, applicability, and problems.

Author Biography

  • Evelin Estefania Guercioni

    Law student at the UBA.

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Published

2020-07-16

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Section

Trabajos de Posgrado

How to Cite

Guercioni, E. E. (2020). Legal Abortion or Unequal Abortion: Criminalization of Abortion in Light of the Gender Identity Law. Derechos En Acción, 15(15), 399. https://doi.org/10.24215/25251678e399