Abortion Rights, Reproductive Justice and the State: International Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781032207827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 130 str.

Keertana Kannabiran Tella

Opis

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various countries, and the regional concerns which animate these discourses. 

Spis treści

Glossary. 1. Introduction 2. Justice at the threshold of rights: the construction of abortion rights in america 3. ‘If abortion is a crime, then the state is criminal’: trajectories in korea and china 4. ‘Take your rosaries out of our ovaries’: religion, activism and the state in abortion discourse in poland, argentina and ireland 5. Abortion in south asia: ‘choice’, language and identity in india and bangladesh 6. Race, democratic transition and access: abortion legality in south africa 7. Abortion in new zealand: precarious pasts, and contemporary change 8. Conclusion. Index.

O autorze

Keertana Kannabiran Tella is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India with a specialisation in Development Studies. Her interests lie at the intersection of medical anthropology, law, human rights, international relations, gender, and feminism.