Vox Populi, Vox Dei? The Politicisation of Abortion in the United States
Vox Populi, Vox Dei? Politizace potratů ve Spojených státech amerických
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Bujnoch, Louis
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Social Sciences
Discipline
International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS)
Department
Department of Security Studies
Date of defense
21. 9. 2023
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědLanguage
English
Grade
Good
The Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, and with it the constitutional right of abortion, has sparked a debate on the limits of state interference with certain fundamental and private rights. This thesis aims to explore the legal and theoretical framework that allows putting certain fundamental rights, and more specifically that of abortion, up for a vote, and analyses the particularities of the abortion debate through liberalism's political conceptions of justice as fairness. In addition, a conceptualisation of abortion as a human security matter than can be incorporated into the security agenda is provided, which allows for the protection of abortion as a fundamental right.