A fragmented landscape : abortion governance and protest logics in Europe / edited by Silvia De Zordo, Joanna Mishtal, and Lorena Anton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Zordo, Silvia, editor.

Mishtal, Joanna, editor.

Anton, Lorena, editor.

Series:

Protest, culture and society ; v. 20.

Protest, culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Government policy--Europe.

Abortion.

Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--Europe.

Pro-choice movement--Europe.

Pro-choice movement.

Pro-life movement--Europe.

Pro-life movement.

Abortion--Government policy.

Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.

Europe.

Physical Description:

vi, 295 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2017.

Summary:

Since the Second World War, abortion policies have remained remarkably varied across European nations with struggles over abortion rights at the forefront of national politics. This volume analyses European abortion governance and explores how social movements, political groups and individuals use protests and resistance to influence abortion policy. Drawing on case studies from Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Union, it analyses the strategies and discourses of groups seeking to liberalise or restrict reproductive rights. It also illuminates the ways that reproductive rights politics intersect with demographic anxieties, as well as the rising nationalisms and xenophobia related to austerity policies, mass migration and the recent terrorist attacks in Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Pro-abortion Rights Activism, Movements, Strategies, and Protest Logics 21

1 Legal and Political Discourses on Women's Right to Abortion / Christina Zampas Zampas, Christina 23

2 Freeing Abortion in Sweden / Annulla Linders Linders, Annulla, Danielle Bessett Bessett, Danielle 46

3 Women's Liberation and the 'Right to Choose': Struggling for Abortion in the United Kingdom and Switzerland / Kristina Schulz Schulz, Kristina, Leend Schmitter Schmitter, Leend 66

Part II Anti-abortion Rights Activism, Movements, Strategies, and Protest Logics 83

4 Contesting Abortion Rights in Contemporary Italy: Discourses and Practices of Pro-life Activism / Claudia Mattalucci Mattalucci, Claudia 85

5 Innocence and Demographic Crisis: Transposing Post-abortion Syndrome into a Russian Orthodox Key / Sonja Luehrmann Luehrmann, Sonja 103

6 Still a Woman's Right? Feminist and Other Discourses in Belgium's Abortion Struggles / Karen Celis Celis, Karen, Gily Coene Coene, Gily 123

Part III Health Professionals'/Providers' Involvement in the Pro- or Anti-abortion Rights Debate and Access to Services 145

7 'Good Doctors Do Not Object': Obstetricians-Gynaecologists' Perspectives on Conscientious Objection to Abortion Care and their Engagement with Pro-abortion Rights Protests in Italy / Silvia De Zordo Zordo, Silvia De 147

8 Women Rights or 'Unborn' Rights? Laws and Loopholes in Madrid's Public Healthcare Services' Abortion Provision to Migrant Women / Beatriz Aragón Martín Martín, Beatriz Aragón 169

9 One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Accessing Abortion in Norway / Mette Løkeland Løkeland, Mette 187

Part IV Pronatalism, Nationalism, and Resistance in Abortion Politics and Access to Abortion Services 207

10 For the Good of the Nation: Pronatalism and Abortion Ban during Ceausescu's Romania / Lorena Anton Anton, Lorena 209

11 Quietly 'Beating the System': The Logics of Protest and Resistance under the Polish Abortion Ban / Joanna Mishtal Mishtal, Joanna 226

12 Abortion Governance in the New Northern Ireland / Robin Whitaker Whitaker, Robin, Goretti Morgan Morgan, Goretti 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fragmented landscape

ISBN:

9781785334276

1785334271

OCLC:

953981909