Debates Around Abortion in the Global North (eBook, PDF)

Europe, North America, Russia and Asia
Redaktion: Portier-Le Cocq, Fabienne

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

By means of a historical, legal and scientific approach, this book identifies the issues, progress and setbacks in the right for women to access abortion in various countries of the Global North.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000798920
• Artikelnr.: 66213508

Autorenporträt

Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq is Professor of Contemporary British Studies. She is a member of the research group Histoire et Dynamique des espaces anglophones (HDEA) at Paris-Sorbonne University. She conducted comparative research for the European Commission (Daphne II programme) for five years. She authored Sexualités et maternités des adolescentes: voix anglaises et écossaises (2009), and co-authored Les Politiques de jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France (2012).This is her third book with Routledge and her latest publication is Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective, Continuity and Change (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

'Women's Legal Rights to Abortion: Watch Out!'
FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ

PART 1: Abortion in Historical Context

1 Debating Therapeutic Abortion in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
JOLIEN GIJBELS

2 The 'Birth' of a Modern Nation: A Brief History of Women's Access to Abortion in China
CHANG LIU AND KAILING XIE

PART 2: Abortion, Politics, and Social Policy

3 Abortion: The Contraception Paradox in England
ANN FUREDI

4 A Bilingual Analysis of Canada's Bill C-484: The Unborn Victims of Crime Act
ANNE-MARIE RIVARD

PART 3: Abortion and Legislation

5 Birth Control Policies and Abortion Issues in Post-Communist Russia
BORIS DENISOV AND VICTORIA SAKEVICH

6 Abortion Law in Italy: A Pluralist Legislation Lacking Effectiveness?
LUCIA BUSATTA

PART 4: Abortion, Culture, and Traditions

7 Rising Tides, Ebbing Tides: Appeasement Rituals Around Perinatal Death in Contemporary Japan
CARINA ROTH

8 The Evolving Personhood of the Foetus in Taiwan Within the Transnational Flow
GRACE CHENG-YING LIN

PART 5: The Role of Healthcare Professionals

9 Abortion Versus Contraception: The Roots of a Terminological Professional Debate
PILAR LEON-SANZ

10 Abortion in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ