Mobilizing for Abortion Rights in Latin America

The past decade has seen sweeping changes in terms of reproductive rights in Latin America. Argentina and Uruguay have fully legalized abortion in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. Some countries, like Chile, have loosened restrictions; others like El Salvador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic have maintained or even tightened some of the most punitive abortion laws in the world. Abortion rights even vary within countries-in Mexico, the practice has been fully legal in certain states, and punishable with jail time in others. This Element explains how feminist social movements have transformed the politics of abortion in Latin America.

List of contents

1. The battle over abortion rights in Latin America; 2. The abortion decriminalization movement in Argentina; 3. A green wave? diverging pathways towards rights expansion and retrenchment; 4. lessons from Latin America; Bibliography; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Mariela Daby, Mariela (Reed College Daby, Mason W Moseley, Mason W. Moseley, Mason W. (West Virginia University) Moseley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009452748
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0945274-8
• No. of pages: 94
• Series: Elements in Contentious Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Criminal law: Gender violence, Pressure groups & lobbying, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control, Offences against the person