http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/075804237ed11e0b https://verfassungsblog.de/not-just-abortion/ Not Just Abortion - Converging Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the European Court of Human Rights Kocemba, Karolina eng 2023-12-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abortion Article 8 ECHR ECHR ECtHR Right to abortion Right to Private Life Rule of Law Women's Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 14 December 2023, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case M.L. v. Poland. The ECHR decided that the restrictions on abortion rights that Poland had violated Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Contrary to the hopes of the initiators of the case, this is not a European Roe v. Wade moment. The ECHR again refused to affirm that Article 8 can be interpreted as conferring a right to abortion. Nevertheless, the ECHR made significant findings regarding Polish rule of law violations.