Review of the review

Germany’s abortion laws, last redefined in 1993, do not technically legalize the procedure but rather create conditions under which it can be performed without prosecution. These conditions— including mandatory consultations, reflection periods, finding a willing clinic within the legal timeframe, and private cost coverage — are stipulated in text but become actions that in turn exert regulatory control over bodies capable of becoming pregnant. Review of the Review is a performative karaoke lecture set in a fragmented version of the original courtroom with functionally revisioned objects. Together with a pamphlet series, the project reveals the friction and interpretability inherent in legal constitutions.