Abortion and Democracy: Contentious Body Politics in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

ISBN-13: 9780367529437 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Barbara Sutton; Nayla Luz Vacarezza

Opis

Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region’s recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas.

Spis treści

1. Abortion Rights and Democracy: An Introduction　 Barbara Sutton and Nayla Luz Vacarezza Part I: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives 2. Abortion and Political Parties in the Southern Cone: Electoral Costs, Platforms, and Feminist Activists Cora Fernández Anderson 3. Feminist Lawyers, Litigation, and the Fight for Abortion Rights in the Southern Cone Elizabeth Borland 4. Orange Hands and Green Kerchiefs: Affect and Democratic Politics in Two Transnational Symbols for Abortion Rights Nayla Luz Vacarezza 5. Neoconservative Incursions into Party Politics: The Cases of Argentina and Chile Juan Marco Vaggione and José Manuel Morán Faúndes Part II: Uruguay 6. "Push and Pull": The Rocky Road to the Legalization of Abortion in Uruguay Alejandra López-Gómez, Martín Couto, and Lucía Berro Pizzarossa 7. Women’s Bodies, an Eternal Battlefield? Susana Rostagnol and Magdalena Caccia Part III: Argentina 8. Rights and Social Struggle: The Experience of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion in Argentina María Alicia Gutiérrez 9. Social Media Debate on #AbortoLegal in Argentina Claudia Laudano 10. Transforming Abortion Access Through Feminist Community-Based Healthcare and Activism: A Case Study of Socorristas en Red in Argentina Brianna Keefe-Oates Part IV: Chile 11. Between the Secular and the Religious: The Role of Academia in the Abortion Debate in Chile Lidia Casas Becerra 12. Exploring Alternative Meanings of a Feminist and Safe Abortion in Chile Lieta Vivaldi and Valentina Stutzin Afterword. Embodying Democracy: Abortion Protest and Politics in the Southern Cone Sonia E. Alvarez