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Reproductive rights of women in the countries of the Visegrad Convention
Žaloudková, Dominika ; Janoušková, Anežka (advisor) ; Dvořák, Jan (referee)
The topic of this thesis is women's reproductive rights in the Visegrad Group countries, focusing mainly on the issue of abortion. It compares the various legal regulations of these countries in the field of abortion legislation, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. All the countries compared share a similar history to some extent, yet each has developed differently since 1989. The thesis is structured into 8 chapters. The first chapter presents the issue of reproductive rights in general and their historical development. The second chapter defines the terms related to artificial termination of pregnancy, followed by a brief description of the methods of performing abortions and finally it presents the two main currents of opinion of the professional community regarding abortion. The third chapter focuses on the right to abortion as a human right. It describes how the various fundamental human rights conflict when performing an abortion. The following four chapters are devoted to the specific legislation of the Visegrad Group countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. Each chapter describes in detail the development of abortion legislation and the processes that preceded it. At the same time, the most problematic parts of the legislation are highlighted, as...
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