nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/248d68b9be4d87c6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251127s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/248d68b9be4d87c6 doi eng 342 23 Kocemba, Karolina Author aut When Legal Uncertainty Violates Reproductive Rights - A.R. v. Poland and the Dynamics of Transnational Legal Mobilization Kocemba, Karolina Verfassungsblog 2025-11-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court prohibited abortion sought on the grounds of fetal defects. While the ruling was announced, it was not published for three months, creating legal uncertainty which could change at any time. Accordingly, on 13 November 2025, the ECtHR, in A.R. v. Poland, ruled that this instability violates Article 8 of the ECHR. Crucially, the case reveals a deeper dimension of legal uncertainty, as both pro-choice and anti-choice actors were actively involved, seeking to shape the law in opposite directions. CC BY-SA 4.0 A.R. v. Poland Abortion ECHR ECtHR Lergal Certainty My Choice My Voice Poland Polen Reproductive Rights (DE-588)4046496-9 gnd Polen Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/legal-uncertainty-reproductive-rights/ raw object