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Queering abortion rights: notes from Argentina.

Authors :
Sutton, Barbara
Borland, Elizabeth
Source :
Culture, Health & Sexuality; Dec2018, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p1378-1393, 16p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

In recent years, there have been calls in activist spaces to 'queer' abortion rights advocacy, to incorporate non-normative notions of gender identity and sexuality into abortion struggles and services. Argentina provides an interesting site in which to examine these developments, since there is a longstanding movement for abortion rights in a context of illegal abortion and a recent ground-breaking Gender Identity Law that recognises key trans rights. In this paper, we analyse public documents from the abortion rights movement's main coalition - the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion - alongside interviews with 19 Campaign activists to examine shifts and tensions in contemporary abortion rights activism. We trace the incorporation of trans-inclusive language into the newly proposed abortion rights bill and conclude by pointing to contextual factors that may limit or enhance the further queering of abortion rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13691058
Volume :
20
Issue :
12
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Culture, Health & Sexuality
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
133507650
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1437221