Andrea Pető and Fanni Svégel wrote about the history of the abortion regulation in Hungary. They argue that the rise of contemporary, extreme right-wing anti-gender movements, the medicalization that objectifies women as a result of the professional activity of obstetricians and gynecologists, and the resistance to it that transcends political divides are among the phenomena that must be investigated in order to understand the background of the "heartbeat" decree.
Alexandra Sipos focuses on the institution of marriage and the possibilities for rethinking it in the context of marriage equality, a state in which both heterosexual and same-sex couples have equal access to the institution. Sipos argues for an ,expansion of marriage' to achieve marriage equality based on formal and substantive equality requirements.
Lídia Balogh provides an overview of abortion legislation and jurisprudence, focusing on the discursive context and recent changes in some "pro-choice" positions that seem to normalize abortion as opposed to presenting it as something that should be available, but only as an ultimate solution. She concludes that meaningful debate on abortion regulation should focus on the broader context of human rights, instead of a preoccupation with the legal reasoning by the Supreme Court of the United States, and further that a good point to start is to reflect on the different understandings of human dignity.
Tamás Barcsi analyzes the so-called "heartbeat decree". According to the author, the new regulation provides an opportunity to reconsider the moral aspects of abortion regulation. In his paper he presents a moral perspective, without claiming to be exhaustive, which takes as its starting point the distinction between the ethics of good life and the morality that prescribes basic norms of coexistence. On this basis, he interprets the abortion issue and examine the problems of the "counseling for the preservation of the fetus" provided for by the Hungarian abortion law and the problems of the abortion regulation. He concludes that the fight against abortion cannot be used as a means of putting women seeking abortion under psychological pressure, and the legislator must take into account the sensitivity of the issue and the mental health of women seeking an abortion. In addition to a basically permissive regulation, measures must be taken to help reduce the number of abortions.
In this article, Beáta Magda Nagy writes about the relationship between the legal regulation of abortion and the stigmatization of abortion. The author first explains the meaning of abortion stigma and then discusses its different forms. She then explains the impact of legal regulation on the stigmatization of abortion. The author concludes that if abortion is already a stigmatized act, the stereotyping of women by a legal regulation further reinforces the stigmatisation of abortion in public discourse and attitudes in society. ■
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