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Abortion in Asia: Local Dilemmas, Global Politics

By Andrea Whittaker

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2010
ISBN
9781845457341, 9781845459758, 2010011008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1385201 bytes)
Series
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality, 20
Pages
\265
Time added
2021-07-08 19:47:56

Description

The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India. It includes powerful insight into the conditions and hard choices faced by women and the circumstances surrounding unplanned pregnancies. It explores the connections among poverty, violence, barriers to access, and the politics and strategies involved in abortion law reform. The contributors analyze these issues within the broader conflicts surrounding women's status, gender roles, religion, nationalism and modernity, as well as the global politics of reproductive health.

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