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BVerfGE 39,1 — Abortion I (German: BVerfGE 39,1 — Schwangerschaftsabbruch I) was a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, addressing the issue of abortion in 1975, two years after the United States Supreme Court decision Roe v.
Abortion in Germany is illegal except to save the life of the mother but is nonpunishable during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory counseling. The same goes later in pregnancy in cases that the pregnancy poses an important danger to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.
The legal situation created by the law in the GDR, which was the first time in German legal history that a time limit for abortion came into force, subsequently influenced the debate on the amendment of Section 218 of the German Criminal Code and the resulting legislative initiatives in the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the revision ...
The landmark Supreme Court case has been overruled. Here, we explain what the court case means, what it accomplished, and what might happen next.
Wade, it now has two cases on its docket concerning abortion rights. In late December, the court granted review in a case about access to mifepristone, a drug used to induce abortions.
The Constitutional Court held that it had no jurisdiction over the case. [3] A second demonstration against abortion was held by "Ärzte für das Leben" in the cathedral square in Salzburg on 1 May 1982. Some 350 people shouting their opposition had gathered outside the cathedral.
The unanimous ruling was a significant setback for the anti-abortion movement in what was the first major Supreme Court case on reproductive rights since the conservative majority overturned Roe v ...
Elfes lost his specific case but the court cemented personal liberty in general. Justice Heck defined the limits of the court relative to the specialised court system. 1958 1 BvR 400/51 [29] Lüth Decision (Lüth-Urteil) The court of Hamburg prohibited Erich Lüth to call for a boycott of the film Immortal Beloved.