1st Edition

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

By Clara Eugenia Franco Yáñez Copyright 2025
234 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. Utilizing extended expert interviews, it offers a uniquely deep dive into the mapping of Mexico’s recent legal landscape concerning abortion, addressing an issue of... Read more

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

Biography

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.