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La regulació de l’avortament: reflexions entorn de la sentència Dobbs (CA-EN)
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El debat sobre l’avortament sol desfermar una forta controvèrsia moral, política i jurídica. Aquest article ofereix un conjunt de reflexions filosòfiques, polítiques i, sobretot, jurídiques entorn de la flamant i polèmica sentència Dobbs del Tribunal Suprem dels Estats Units d’Amèrica, la qual revoca la famosa sentència Roe v. Wade. Veurem les diferents opinions dels membres del tribunal i la possible rellevància de la religió per a explicar aquest brusc canvi jurisprudencial, tot evocant la importància de la separació església-estat. Com que Dobbs retorna als parlaments estatals el poder de regulació que havien perdut amb Roe, explorarem la relació entre el federalisme i el paper dels tribunals. Tot seguit, ens preguntarem qui està legitimat per a adoptar una teoria sobre la vida. Hom respondria els parlaments i votants en conjunt, mentre que altri contestaria els tribunals i les embarassades de manera individual. Atès que Dobbs s’aparta radicalment d’una de les sentències més cèlebres de la jurisprudència nord-americana, tractarem la vinculació del precedent judicial. Com a reflexió final, s’adverteix que una regulació que desmereixi el valor de la vida pot conduir a normalitzar i banalitzar l’avortament i, progressivament, també l’infanticidi.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.58992/rcdp.i66.2023.3875
