
Publications in peer-reviewed academic journals
Caruso, E. (2024). ‘How did you get in there and make the law work? Feminist activism, doctors and abortion law: the occupation of a hospital‘. Social & Legal Studies (the most trending article in Law of the week of 27th May 2024 according to OOIR) [open access].
Caruso, E. (2023). ‘The Hyper-Regulation of Abortion Care in Italy‘. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, pp. 1-7, published online first on 19 September 2023 (ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023) [open access].
Caruso, E. (2022). ‘Sull’aborto farmacologico in telemedicina: spunti di riflessione per un dibattito in Italia’ (Telemedical Early Medical Abortion: Notes for a Debate in Italy). Annali dell’Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento 49(2), pp. 169-188. (Special Issue on ‘Maternità negata, maternità rifiutata. Aborto tra Otto e Novecento’, edited by M. Garbellotti and C. Nubola).*
Caruso, E. (2021). ‘’Much Ado About Nothing?’ The New Policy on Early Medical Abortion (EMA) in Italy’. The Italian Law Journal 7(2), pp. 647-658 [open access].
Caruso, E. (2021). Pickles, C. and Herring, J., eds. (2020). Women’s Birthing Bodies and the Law. Unauthorised Intimate Examinations, Power and Vulnerability. Oxford: Hart Publishing. Feminist Legal Studies, published online first on 14 September 2021.
Caruso, E. and Fisicaro, M. (2021). ‘Aborto e declino democratico in Polonia: una riflessione a margine della sentenza del Tribunale costituzionale del 22 ottobre 2020’ (‘Abortion and democratic decline in Poland: a reflection on the Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling of 22 October 2020’). Rivista di studi giuridici sull’orientamento sessuale e identità di genere GenIus, pp. 1- 27, published online first on 20 April 2021 [open access].*
Caruso, E. (2020). ‘The Ambivalence of Law: Some Observations on the Denied Access to Abortion Services in Italy’ (Special Issue on ‘Abortion in Ireland’, edited by S. Calkin, F. de Londras, G. Heathcote). Feminist Review 124, pp. 183-191.
Caruso, E. (2020). ‘Abortion in Italy: 40 years on’, Feminist Legal Studies 28, pp. 87-96 (1st ranked downloaded paper of the journal in 2020, with 2255 accesses) [open access].
Caruso, E. (2019). ‘Il crocevia mancato tra Roma e Strasburgo in materia di interruzione volontaria di gravidanza’ (‘The Missed Crossroads between Rome and Strasbourg in the Matter of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy’). La Comunità Internazionale 3, pp. 447-474.*
Blog posts
Caruso, E. (2024). Does History Matter?. Harvard Law’s Bill of Health, 1 November.
Caruso, E. and Marella, M. R. (2022). ‘Oltre Dobbs. E se parlassimo di aborto autogestito?‘. EuroNomade, 2 September.
Caruso, E. (2021). ‘Aborto farmacologico “autogestito” in telemedicina: una realtà anche in Italia ma il nostro Ssn lo ignora’. La27esima Ora, Corriere della Sera, 4 November.
Caruso, E. (2021). ‘ITALY – Eight years later, the right to health and non-discrimination in abortion services still not secured’. International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, 14 April.
Caruso, E. (2020). ‘Il diritto di aborto e l’attivismo internazionale di Rebecca Gomperts’. La 27esima Ora, Corriere della Sera, 22 October.
Caruso, E. and Zanini, G. (2020). ‘Access to medical abortion in Italy is characterised by “unecessary burdens” and “unjustified barriers” – this has stayed the same during the pandemic’. International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, 16 June.
Caruso, E. and Toschi, M. (2020). ‘In tempo di Covid-19 è necessario l’aborto telemedico. L’ospedalizzazione è un pericolo per la salute pubblica’. La 27esima Ora, Corriere della Sera, 26 March.
Exhibition Catalogue
Badalato, O., Baeri, E., Brancati, E., Caruso, E., Chiavaro, M., Cosentino, A., Fichera, R., Guarrera, K., Mollica, A., Palidda, R., Pecora, C. (2021). Anche la cancellazione è violenza, II ed. (I ed. 2016; Bologna: Assemblea Legislativa Emilia Romagna; available at this link), pp. 1-72.
* Publication in a ‘Fascia A‘ first class academic journal according to the ANVUR, the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems.
ph: Elena Caruso