Reimagining Global Abortion Politics

"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the global politics of abortion, and to shaping our advocacy strategies. It shows how reproductive justice helps to bridge the gap between the Global North and South." Marlene Gerber Fried, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Hampshire College

"With clarity and an impressively wide reach, this book shows how abortion politics are shaped by local contexts but connected by broader, global contexts about morality, equality, control and reproductive freedom. An indispensable addition to the scholarship." Fiona de Londras, Law School, University of Birmingham

Fiona Bloomer is Lecturer in Social Policy at Ulster University. Her research centres on abortion policy. She is a founding member of the Reproductive Health Law and Policy Advisory Group, and a member of RAARN, the Reproductive Activism and Abortion Rights Network.

Claire Pierson is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool, her research focuses on the UN women, peace and security agenda, conflict transformation and reproductive rights and activism. She is co-founder of the Reproductive Health Law and Policy Advisory Group.

Sylvia Estrada Claudio is the Dean of the College of Social Work and Community Development of the University of the Philippines. She is a professor of the CSWCD’s Department of Women and Development Studies.

Introduction

Criminalisation

The biomedicalisation of abortion

Abortion discourses: Religion, culture, nation

International interventions

Activism

Is choice enough? Engaging with reproductive justice

Conclusion