Mobilizing for abortion rights in Latin America / Mariela Daby, Mason W. Moseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daby, Mariela, author.

Moseley, Mason Wallace, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in contentious politics, 2633-3570.

Cambridge elements. Elements in contentious politics, 2633-3570

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Political aspects--Latin America.

Abortion.

Feminism--Social aspects--Latin America.

Feminism.

Abortion--Law and legislation--Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Mobilizing for Abortion Rights in Latin America

Contents

1 The Battle Over Abortion Rights in Latin America

1.1 Shifting Tides in Reproductive Rights

1.2 Existing Explanations of Abortion Politics in Latin America

1.2.1 Secularization

1.2.2 Public Opinion

1.2.3 The Left

1.2.4 Class

1.2.5 Issue Networks

1.2.6 Descriptive Representation

1.3 Mobilizing for Abortion Rights in Latin America

1.3.1 Ni Una Menos and the Making of a Social Movement Community

1.3.2 Two Pathways to Legalization

1.4 Roadmap

2 The Abortion Legalization Movement in Argentina

2.1 A Brief History of Reproductive Rights in Argentina

2.2 "Now That They See Us": The Emergence of Ni Una Menos

2.2.1 An Inclusive Feminist Movement

2.2.2 The Revolution of the Daughters

2.2.3 The Legacy of Nunca Más

2.3 From Ni Una Menos to Abortion Rights

2.3.1 Mobilizing a Massive Social Movement Community for Abortion Rights

2.3.2 An Old Frame Takes on New Resonance

2.3.3 A Countermovement Emerges: "Salvemos Las Dos Vidas"

2.4 Abortion Legalization in Argentina

3 A Green Wave? Diverging Pathways toward Rights Expansion and Retrenchment

3.1 The Long Road to Abortion Rights in Chile

3.1.1 Dictatorship and Reproductive Rights Retrenchment

3.1.2 Transition to Democracy and Feminist Silence on Abortion

3.1.3 Michele Bachelet's Limited Achievement: Therapeutic Abortions

3.1.4 Chile's Social Uprising and Feminism

3.1.5 Feminism and Abortion in Chile

3.1.6 Building a Feminist Collective in the Streets

3.2 Abortion Decriminalization in Mexico

3.2.1 Abortion during One-Party Rule

3.2.2 Mexico City's Legalization and Backlash

3.2.3 Abortion Legalization via the Judicial Path

3.3 Trending toward Abortion Criminalization in Nicaragua

3.3.1 The Case of Rosa.

3.3.2 Sandinistas' Changing Views on Abortion Criminalization

3.3.3 Sandinistas and the Women's Movement

3.3.4 Abortion and Ortega's Return to Power

4 Lessons from Latin America

4.1 The Argentine Success Story

4.2 Diverging Paths: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back in Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua

4.3 The Conservative Backlash

4.4 Lessons for the United States

Appendix

Qualitative Data

References.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009452731

1009452738

9781009452755

1009452754

9781009452724

100945272X

OCLC:

1481800558