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Debates Around Abortion in the Global North: Europe, North America, Russia and Asia book cover

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

Edited By Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq Copyright 2023
196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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. The book provides insights on the past, present and potential actions and struggles in the future about continuing to have the right to procure an abortion. Rites and rituals in order to better... Read more

Introduction: ‘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. The Abortion: 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

Biography

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).

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