Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights - When Federalism Came to Life

Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights presents the recent evolution of abortion laws in Mexico (2007-2021) and how advocates have shaped them through human rights discourses, challenging social norms.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Abortion, Advocacy in Latin America and the Mexican Case 2. The Mexican Case: An Abortion Storyline 3. Norm Contestation, Advocacy, and Abortion as the "Odd" Human Rights Case 4. The Mexican Case: A Tale of Two Discourses 5. Advocates in Times of Lawfare 6. Abortion in International Laws, Institutions, and Global Debates 7. Concluding Considerations: What Possible Pathways to Dialogue? Epilogue: A Research Journey and the Way Full Circle

About the author

Clara Eugenia Franco Yáñez is a Mexican national and holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany, and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and an MA in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland.

Summary

Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights presents the recent evolution of abortion laws in Mexico (2007–2021) and how advocates have shaped them through human rights discourses, challenging social norms.

Product details

• Authors: Clara Eugenia (University of Hamburg Franco Yanez, Clara Eugenia Franco Yáñez
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032613918
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261391-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, LAW / Gender & the Law, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Politics & government, Feminism & feminist theory, Regional Studies, Gender & the law, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Law, Feminism and feminist theory, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Law and society, gender issues, Social law and Medical law, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects