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Abstract
This Note examines the role Christianity, particularly Roman Catholicism, played in influencing abortion laws in the United States and Argentina and offers a solution for new federal protections of abortion rights in the United States. Part II discusses the evolution of abortion rights in both countries, from their foundations to their recent reversals. Part III scrutinizes the ways in which religious ideology factored into the different logical frameworks utilized by the different parties involved in the fight for abortion access, the relevant tactics employed, and the subsequent outcomes. Considering the impact in Argentina of US jurisprudence regarding abortion rights, the recent legal revolution in Argentina based on Roe may reinvigorate its influence in the United States. Accordingly, Part IV imagines how the US abortion rights movement can successfully push for similar legislation to the current law in Argentina: one federal law recognizing the right to elective abortion rooted in the pregnant person's autonomy and dignity (the "IVE Law")," and another that creates federal social support programs for the mother and child in the early years of the child's life (the "1,000-Day Law").'2 This federal legislative framework can offer a crucial middle ground for more moderate or liberal Christians and Catholics by offering more robust practical support of the lives responsible for and created through the pregnancy, thus fostering enough electoral support to secure legislative victory.
Recommended Citation
Morgan Peck,
A New Green Wave: Lessons from Argentina's Marea Verde for Legalizing Abortion over Religious Opposition in the United States,
56 Vanderbilt Law Review
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(2023)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol56/iss5/6