| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Title page; copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Ch1- The Politics of Abortion in Latin America; Statistics Tell the Story; Table 1.1 Legal Access to Abortion in Latin America by Country; Goals and Contributions; Overview of the Book; Raped at Nine, Mother at Eleven; "A Never-Ending Story"; The Costs of Abortion Restrictions; The Past Informs the Present; Table 1.2 Fetal Rights in Latin American Constitutions; Political Expediency Sets the Tone in the Abortion Debate; Civil Society: Pressure from Below; The International Community: Globalizing Choice; Notes |
|
Ch2- Intersections of Morality and Political RealityPresidents' Paradoxical Power over Pregnancies; Chile's Uphill Pro-Choice Battle; Table 2.1 Bachelet, the Courts, and Emergency Contraception (EC): A Timeline; Colombia: A Victory in the Courts and Congress; The Health Ministers: Playing the Role of Disrupters; No Cookie-Cutter Solutions; Notes; Ch3- From Revolution and Reform to "Right to Life; Recalibrating the Revolution:Denying Women's (Basic?) Rights; The Death of Esperanza and the Birth of Hope in the Dominican Republic; Argentina: Centralized Decentralization and Gridlock |
|
Individual Stories Fuel the ImpetusNotes; Ch4- Pressure from Below; Women's Movements, Civil Society, and the Neoliberal State; Mexico City: From Paulina to a Pro-Choice Capital; Bolivia's Plurinational Progress; Notes; Ch5- When Civil Society Meets Uncivil Opponents; El Salvador: Facing the Righteous Right; Nicaragua's Autonomous Advocates and Activist Adversaries; Notes; Ch6- Private Lives on the Global Stage; Carrying Private Lives to the Global Stage; Globalizing Choice; Table 6.1 Treaties and Conventions Relevant to Reproductive Rights; Slowly Shifting Global Tides |
|
When Health Threats and Human Rights CollideNotes; Ch7- Outside Forcesat Work; The US Global Anti-abortion Crusade; The Mouse That Roars; The Global Debate Rages On; Notes; Ch8- The Promise of Public Debate; The Abortion Debate: What's at Stake?; The State of the Debate; Lessons Learned Pave the Road Ahead; Notes; Acronyms; Bibliography; Index; About the Book |
| Summary |
With Latin America home to some of the most draconian bans on abortion in the world, abortion rights is one of the most controversial and hotly contested topics in Latin American politics today. Jane Marcus-Delgado explores the ways in which key actors--from politicians to grassroots activists to the global community--participate and shape strategies in the ongoing debate. Marcus-Delgado sheds new light on the dire situation of Latin American women facing unwanted pregnancies, and on the interactions between the state and its most vulnerable members of society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Government policy -- Latin America
|
|
Abortion -- Government policy
|
|
Latin America
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781626378421 |
|
1626378428 |
|
