The phrase ‘take back control’ has become synonymous with Brexit; a political event simply unparalleled in post-war British history. Yet behind this misleading simplistic phrase lies a much more nuanced, complex and (to a certain extent) unintelligible reality. This essay will seek to explain this complex reality of where power and control really lie. Firstly, it will address several unresolved tensions in the question: is control by ‘states’ ‘-and their citizens’ the same th

INTRODUCTION Within the United States of America (‘U.S.’) and Germany, the regulation of abortion must adhere to their respective ‘constitutional values.’1 As such, the U.S. Supreme Court (‘SC’) and the German Federal Constitutional Court (‘FCC’), as the guardians of these values, have created frameworks in which abortion laws operate. Part I of this essay argues that the U.S. and German approaches to abortion regulation – as determined by their constitutional frameworks – ar