Research Handbook on International Abortion Law. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary Ziegler.
• Editors: Ziegler, Mary
• Contents: Contents: Preface xiv PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on International Abortion Law 2 Mary Ziegler PART II HISTORIES OF LIBERALIZATION 2 Health and heredity: abortion reform in Sweden in the 1930s and 1940s 22 Lena Lennerhed 3 Before Roe and Morgentaler: a comparative history of abortion politics in the US and Canada from 1800 to 1970 39 Kelly Gordon and Paul Saurette 4 Unfinished business: the feminist legal framework for abortion and ongoing struggle for reproductive justice in South Africa 61 Susanne M. Klausen PART III THE PROMISE AND LIMITS OF DECRIMINALIZATION 5 Abortion law reform in Malawi: a case study in stakeholder engagement, public education, and human rights advocacy 82 Godfrey Dalitso Kangaude, Chrispine Gwalawala Sibande, Susan Deller Ross, and Michelle Xiao Liu 6 Abortion law in Thailand: a big step forward? 103 Ronnakorn Bunmee 7 Abortion in Australia: law, policy and the advancement of reproductive rights 124 Ronli Sifris PART IV ABORTION IN POPULAR POLITICS 8 Access to abortion: comparative public policy in France and the United States 142 Jennifer Merchant 9 The transformation of abortion law in China 160 Ruby Lai Yuen Shan 10 Abortion and federalism: the Australian example 181 Kate Gleeson 11 Israel's abortion law and the paradox of a rightless access to pregnancy terminations 202 Noya Rimalt PART V MOVEMENTS AGAINST ABORTION 12 Abortion politics in Brazil: backlash and the antiabortion field renewal 222 Marta R. de Assis Machado 13 The international pro-life movement 243 Daniel K. Williams 14 Abortion law and illiberal courts: spotlight on Poland and Hungary 263 Agnieszka Bień-Kacała and Tímea Drinóczi PART VI RACE, SEX, RELIGION 15 Enhancing reproductive justice transnationally: an equality-based approach to sex-selective abortion laws in India 284 Sital Kalantry and Meher Dev 16 Abortion, law and health in the Arab world 303 Irene Maffi and Liv Tønnessen 17 Abortion in Ecuador: overview of a collective struggle 321 Cristina Burneo Salazar PART VII THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS 18 Beyond abortion decriminalization: human rights perspectives on the role of law in creating enabling environments for abortion access 343 Payal K. Shah and Jihan Jacob 19 Abortion law in Europe: the promise and pitfalls of human rights and transnational trade law in the face of criminalization with exceptions 374 Lucía Berro Pizzarossa, Tamara Hervey and Anniek de Ruijter 20 Engendering democracy and rights: the legalization of abortion in Argentina 394 Alicia Ely Yamin and Agustina Ramón Michel 21 Abortion, reform, and rights: tales from a small island 420 Fiona de Londras Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (464 pages)
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control; International law; LAW -- International; LAW -- Reference; Ethical issues: abortion & birth control; Law & society; Reference works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839108150; 1839108150
• Related ISBNs: 9781839108143
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