Abortion across Borders : Transnational Travel and Access to Abortion Services /

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"Safe, legal, and affordable abortion is widely recognized as an essential medical service for women across the world. When access to that service is denied or restricted, women are compelled to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, seek backstreet abortionists, attempt self-induced abortions, or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Davis, Gayle, 1974- (Editor ), Sethna, Christabelle, 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women's rights.
Medical tourism.
Medical policy.
Abortion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes > Droits.
Politique sanitaire.
Tourisme medical.
Medical Tourism
History, 20th Century
Internationality
Women's Rights
Health Policy
Abortion, Legal > legislation & jurisprudence
Medical Tourism > history
Abortion, Induced > history
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Safe, legal, and affordable abortion is widely recognized as an essential medical service for women across the world. When access to that service is denied or restricted, women are compelled to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, seek backstreet abortionists, attempt self-induced abortions, or even travel to less restrictive states, provinces, and countries to receive care. Abortion across Borders focuses on travel across domestic and international boundaries to terminate a pregnancy. Christabelle Sethna and Gayle Davis have gathered a cadre of authors to examine how restrictive policies force women to move both within and across national borders in order to reach abortion providers, often at great expense, over long distances and with significant safety risks. Taking historical and contemporary perspectives, contributors examine the situation in regions that include Texas, Prince Edward Island, Ireland, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Eastern Europe. Throughout, they take a feminist intersectional approach to transnational travel and access to abortion services that is sensitive to inequalities of gender, race, and class in reproductive health care. This multidisciplinary volume raises challenging logistical, legal, and ethical questions while exploring the gendered aspects of medical tourism"--Publisher's description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781421427300

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