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The High Court has postponed proceedings in the constitutional challenge to Antigua and Barbuda’s abortion laws as it awaits a decision from the appeals court later this month.
The case questions the constitutionality of the 163-year-old Offences Against the Person Act, which imposes harsh penalties for abortion, including up to ten years in prison for women and two years for those assisting them. The law permits abortion only when a mother’s life is at risk.
The challenge gained attention after the government appealed a ruling in October, when Justice Jan Drysdale dismissed its attempt to strike out the case and ordered the Attorney General’s Chambers to pay $1,500 to abortion rights activists.
Attorney David Dorsett, representing the government, argued that parts of the law had been effectively repealed by the 1995 Sexual Offences Act. However, Justice Drysdale ruled that such matters require constitutional review due to their public significance.
The activist group behind the case aims to have the law declared unconstitutional, a decision that could change the country’s reproductive rights landscape.
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I think that women should have the choice to make own decision for their body.
What is taking them so long????
I completely agree with the activist group behind the case.