Domestic Slavery

Argentina

Poland

Tysiąc v. Poland

The European Court of Human Rights in 2007 decided on the case of a pregnant woman from Poland. She was diagnosed with a severe eye disease, tried to get an abortion to avoid an escalation of her disease. Her requests were rejected by several medical doctors, and she underwent labour of her third child. Her condition later deteriorated, and she sued one of the doctors. Her criminal lawsuits were rejected in Poland and the case was appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which accepted one part of the complaint, and the plaintiff was awarded damages.

Canada

R v Morgentaler

[1988] 1 SCR 30 the Supreme Court of Canada held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated women's rights under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the security of the person. Since this ruling, there have been no criminal laws regulating abortion in Canada.

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