Debates Around Abortion in the Global North - Europe, North America, Russia and Asia

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.

List of contents

‘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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Fabienne (Universite Paris Portier-Le Cocq
• Assisted by: Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032018676
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3201867-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Personal & public health, Social issues & processes, Gender & the law, Gender studies: women, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical & healthcare law, Personal and public health / health education, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medical and healthcare law, Law and society, gender issues