"Conflicting Right": A "Bottom-Up" Approach to Map the Problem of Abortion

Abstract

The paper examines the particular nature of the rights involved in disciplines related to the termination of pregnancy. It focuses on the ways by which these rights must be appropriately balanced with constitutional rights and values. It also stresses the need of a “botton-up” approach rather than a more restrictive and dangerous “top-down” approach. Only in this way it seems possible to tackle and appreciate the problem in all its actual complexity.