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The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives

Autor Alaka Basu
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 ian 2003 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Seeking to define the ways various cultures view pregnancy, miscarriage, and abortion, this multidisciplinary collection of essays seeks to illustrate how these views influence policy decisions and practices regarding abortion around the world. Putting questions of pro-life and pro-choice aside, the contributors provide demographic coverage of the issues involved and contextualize some of the personal realities that underlie the approximately 50 million abortions that are believed to take place yearly worldwide. While the political and social climates in which women seek abortions vary from place to place, many of the chapters try to understand the moral implications that guide the decision to end a pregnancy from the perspective of the those who seek to do so.Focusing primarily on developing nations, this important contribution to the literature on abortion provides readers with a careful overview of the different meanings attached to abortion depending on the cultural, social, and political climate. Areas covered include Tanzania, Bangladesh, West Africa, Ghana, Romania, Russia, Mexico, and Nigeria. General chapters on induced abortion, demographic research and abortion policy, and social pressures to abort are also included. This unique approach to the study of abortion will contribute to a greater understanding of a prominent social issue.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275977283
ISBN-10: 0275977285
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

ALAKA MALWADE BASU is Senior Research Associate at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University.

Cuprins

Introduction: Abortion in a Changing World by John C. Caldwell and Pat CaldwellAbortion: A World-Wide Overview by Susheela Singh, Stanley K. Henshaw, and Kathleen BernstenThe Challenge of Induced Abortion Research: A Transdisciplinary Perspective by Axel I. MundigoDemographic Research and Abortion Policy: Limits to the Use of Statistics by Andrzej KulczuckiKutoa Mimba: Debates about Schoolgirl Abortion in Machame, Tanzania by Amy StambachCleaning the Belly: Managing Menstrual Health in Guinea, West Africa by Elise LevinChanging Assessments of Abortion in a Northern Nigerian Town by Elisha P. RenneThe Role of Local herbs in the Recent Fertility Decline in Ghana: Contraceptives or Aborrifacients? by John AnarfiMenstrual Regulation in Bangladesh by Sajeda AminThe Impact of Policy Changes on Fertility, Abortion, and Contraceptive Use in Romania by Florina Serbabescu, et al.Determinants of Abortion and Contraceptive Behavior in Russia by Inge HutterAbortion Legislation in Mexico in the Face of a Changing Sociodemographic and Political Context by Susana Lerner and Guadalupe SalasThe Role of Pharmacists and Market Herb Vendors as Abortifacient Providers in Mexico City by Susan Pick, et al.The Social Pressure to Abort by Chantal Blayo and Yves BlayoConcluding Remarks: The Role of Ambiguity by Alaka Malwade Basu