Calenda Announcement 1,439,007 (excerpts)
While the legalization of abortion is most often treated as a moral issue, this issue ofL’Homme & la Société will examine abortion from a political perspective: what political effects does the decriminalization of abortion produce? We are witnessing paradoxical developments in democracies: some restrict access to abortion, while others recognize it as a constitutional right. Can we still speak of democracy when abortion is restricted or even banned? Isn’t abortion, fundamentally, a necessary institution of democracy? Doesn’t this amount to saying that democracy presupposes gender equality? How are women organizing to counter opposition to abortion? From this perspective, we will explore an important question: What impact has the decriminalization of abortion had on feminism?
