Abortion Beyond the Law
Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion
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- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2024
Summary
While feminists in the Global North have been fighting to keep abortion legal, in countries across the Global South activists are working to bring self-managed medical abortion - abortion pills - to women, despite hostile governments, while also winning battles over legalization.
Drawing on years of research across Latin America, Africa, and the periphery countries of Europe, Abortion Beyond the Law describes the strategies, politics, and tactics of these direct action femini…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804292068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804292060 |
| Author: | Naomi Braine |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how the global feminist movement for self-managed abortion has been providing access to safe and quality pregnancy termination-beyond legal and medical authority. – Nayla Luz Vacarezza, National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina
Read this book and learn all about the creative strategies and intrepid people making a real difference in the lives of millions. – Francine Coeytaux and Elisa Wells, Cofounders, Plan C
Naomi Braine
Naomi Braine is a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Prior to joining the faculty at Brooklyn, she worked in the nonprofit research sector on issues of drug use and HIV and consulted for community-based organizations and the New York State Department of Health. Her political and intellectual work addresses gender, sexuality, reproductive justice, wars on drugs and terror, and health and collective action, from an intersectional perspective.
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