Essays about: "Unborn Child"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Unborn Child.

  1. 1. Unborn Humans as Rights-bearers? – an Analysis under International Human Rights and Swedish Domestic Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alexander Persson; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; abortion; human rights; right to life; rights-bearer; rights-holder; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats hade som syfte att besvara frågorna om huruvida status som rättighetsbärare tillkommer ofödda människor, samt om gällande regleringar är tillräckliga för att skydda ofött liv. Undersökningen om rättighetsbärarstatus skedde inom ramen för rätten till liv, eftersom denna rättighet förutsattes vara den mest relevanta för ofödda människor. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reproduction in the (m)Anthropocene : exploring the roots and implications of environmentally friendly restrain from childbearing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Kristina Rukaite; [2020]
    Keywords : “Have one fewer child”; reproduction control; environmental individualization; gender and climate change; m Anthropocene; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis departs from scientific literature which suggests to “have one fewer child” as the most effective individual lifestyle choice to reduce one’s contribution to (and even actively fight against) climate change. By employing critical discourse analysis of this literature, I explore how childbearing and carbon emissions have been coupled, and what the implications of this phenomenon are. READ MORE

  4. 3. Boy or Girl? – No, it´s a Child! : Parents´ Motives to Sex Determine their Unborn Children

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Malena Granhall Lahiki; [2019]
    Keywords : sex determine; children; routine ultrasound examination RUL ; binary gender; midwife;

    Abstract : The aim of this magister thesis is to examine the motives behind parents´ choice to sex determine their children, or not, at routine ultrasound examination (RUL). The analysed empirical data consists of 261 responding questionnaires written by expecting parents. READ MORE

  5. 4. The status of abortion in public international law and its effect on domestic legislation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Malmsköld; [2018]
    Keywords : Abortion; Human Rights; Public International Law; Public Private Distinction; Unborn Child; Women s Rights;

    Abstract : Few issues divide leaders and policy-makers as much as abortion, which regularly sparks heated political, religious and philosophical debates. Numerous states choose to prohibit or criminalize abortion, despite the fact that it has been practiced throughout recorded history. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Ritual Construction of Fetal Personhood : A Voyage through the Gendering of the Unborn in Peruvian Baby Showers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Genusvetenskap

    Author : Cecilia Byström; [2015]
    Keywords : baby shower; rituals; rite of passage; doing gender; fetal personhood; Peru; the Andes; Cusco; baby shower; ritualer; rite of passage; doing gender; fetal personhood; Peru; Anderna; Cusco;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to analyse how gender is ‘done’, represented and reproduced in a Peruvian baby shower ritual. The study is situated geographically in the urban Andean setting of Cusco, and theoretically, in a feminist framework combining an ethnomethodological ‘doing gender’ perspective, anchored in social interactions, with a linguistic performativity approach, as formulated by Judith Butler. READ MORE