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

Abortion and Democracy provides critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America's Southern Cone, exploring how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas. The book examines the complex reality of abortion through the examination of discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, highlighting health aspects, litigation efforts, legislative debates, party politics, digital strategies, grassroots mobilization, coalition-building, and movement-countermovement dynamics. It takes a sensitive approach to social inequalities and transnational aspects of abortion rights struggles, bridging different scales of analysis.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 276 pages
\n Publication date: 06 August 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Abortion and Democracy is a groundbreaking collection of critical analyses that delves into the complex politics of abortion in Latin America's Southern Cone region. Drawing upon the region's recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, the book explores how abortion rights demands align with current democratic agendas. The contributors, who hail from Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, offer insightful perspectives on the reality of abortion through an examination of the discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements.

The book assembles a diverse range of voices and experiences, illuminating key dimensions of abortion rights struggles. These include health aspects, litigation efforts, legislative debates, party politics, digital strategies, grassroots mobilization, coalition-building, affective and artistic components, and movement-countermovement dynamics. By adopting a sensitive approach to social inequalities and the transnational aspects of abortion rights struggles, the book bridges different scales of analysis, from the micro-level experiences of clinics and homes to the macro-sociopolitical and cultural forces that shape individual lives.

This important intervention is tailored for students and scholars of abortion politics, democracy in Latin America, gender and sexuality, and women's rights. It provides valuable insights into the ongoing struggles and challenges faced by individuals and communities seeking to assert their reproductive rights in a region marked by historical and cultural complexities. Abortion and Democracy serves as a crucial resource for understanding the intersection of abortion, democracy, and social justice in Latin America and beyond.

\n Weight: 430g\n
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367529413\n \n