Essays about: "abortion laws"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words abortion laws.

  1. 6. Framing the Other : A feminist Approach to Media Representations of Women's Issues and Gender Equality in Croatia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Martina Derdić; [2022]
    Keywords : gender inequality; otherness; news framing; retraditionalization; Croatian media;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to identify the discursive techniques through which women are delegitimized, belittled and "Othered" in Croatian media. On top of that, the goal is to identify patterns in news framing processes which reflect the structures of a patriarchal society. READ MORE

  3. 7. Strategies within and against resistance : A case study of pro-choice advocates’ strategies to pursue a progressive abortion law in Poland in relation to their oppositional forces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malin Hedenskog; [2021]
    Keywords : Abortion; pro-choice advocates; Poland; oppositional dynamics; resistance; feminist movements’ strategies;

    Abstract : Although there is a growing international consensus of adopting progressive abortion laws, we also see a backlash of reproductive health regulation across the globe, for example in Poland. In contrast to the existing literature on abortion in Poland, this thesis explores pro-choice advocates’ strategies in relation to their oppositional forces. READ MORE

  4. 8. Access to Safe and Legal Abortion- a Human Right? : A study of the protection for access to Safe and Legal abortion within Public International Law

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Cornelia Frank; [2020]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Human Rights; Women s Rights; Abortion; Safe and Legal Abortion; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights;

    Abstract : Abortion is a controversial issue. It is subject of heated debates stemming from morality and ethics. Abortion is also, however, a question of rights. Access to abortion weighs the rights of the foetus against the rights of the mother. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Impact of Abortion Reforms on Female Labour Force Participation and Education in Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Nihlwing; [2019]
    Keywords : Labour Force Participation; Education; Abortion Laws; Reproductive Health; Difference-in-Differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study examines the effects of progressive and regressive abortion reforms on women’s educational and labour market outcomes in Mexico. First trimester abortions became legal in Mexico City in 2007. Following the progressive legislative reform, 18 other Mexican states implemented more restrictive legislation on abortions. READ MORE

  6. 10. Law over mind, and body? A study of the debate and aftermath of the abortion travels to Poland in 1965 and the case of a midwife invoking her conscience in 2017

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mathilda Tarandi; [2017]
    Keywords : international human rights law; legal history; law; freedom of conscience; abortion; criminal law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis orbits around the changes in the Swedish abortion laws during the last century, and the relation to religion. The aim is to make visible the values enshrined in the first abortion law, and those in the current abortion law, as the legislation made a volte-face in the 1970’s. Today, abortion is a right and the state is the duty-bearer. READ MORE