From theEditor, Carmel Williams:
“I am delighted to let you know that as part ofour Human Rights Day celebrations, we have just published the December 2019issue of the Health and Human Rights Journal. We have plenty of reason tocelebrate this issue – it marks our 25th year of publishing sinceJonathan Mann launched the Journal in 1994.”
The issue has two special sections onabortion:
- Abortion in the Middle East and NorthAfrica (GuestEditors: Liv Tønnessen and Irene Maffi)
- Abortion Law Reform (GuestEditors: Marge Berer and Lesley Hoggart)
1. SpecialSection: Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa
EDITORIAL The limits ofthe law: Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa
by Irene Maffi, LivTønnessen HTML|PDF
The politicization of abortion and Hippocratic disobediencein Islamist Sudan
by Liv Tønnessen, Samia al-Nagar HTML|PDF
Moral work and the construction of abortion networks:women’s access to safe abortion in Lebanon
Non-marital pregnancies and unmarried women’s searchfor illegal abortion in Morocco
The unique landscape of abortion law and access in theOccupied Palestinian Territories
Neoliberal health restructuring, neoconservatism andthe limits of law: erosion ofreproductive rights in Turkey
The right to abortion in Tunisia after the revolutionof 2011: legal, medical, and social arrangements as seen through seven abortionstories
by Irene Maffi, Malika Affes HTML|PDF
2. Special Section: Abortion Law Reform
EDITORIAL Progress towards decriminalization ofabortion and universal access to safe abortions: national trends and strategies
by Marge Berer, Lesley Hoggart HTML|PDF
Eliminating abortion from criminal law: a just cause
by Ana Cristina González-Vélez, Carolina Melo-Arévalo,Juliana Martínez-Londoño HTML|PDF
The role of reproductive justice movements in challengingSouth Korea’s abortion ban
by Sunhye Kim, Na Young, Yurim Lee HTML|PDF
From the grassroots to the Oireachtas: abortion lawreform in the Republic of Ireland
by Anna Carnegie, Rachel Roth HTML|PDF
Abortion in Chile: the long road to legalization andits slow implementation
by Gloria Maira, Lidia Casas, Lieta Vivaldi HTML|PDF
Rights-based claims made by UK anti-abortion activists
by Pam Lowe, Sarah-Jane Page HTML|PDF
Midwives and post-abortion care in Gabon: “Things havereally changed”
by Aimée Patricia Ndembi Ndembi, Justine Mekuí, Gail Pheterson,Marijke Alblas HTML|PDF
They are girls, not mothers: the violence of forcingmotherhood on young girls in Latin America
The Gambia’s political transition to democracy: isabortion reform possible?
by Satang Nabaneh HTML|PDF
Preventing state harassment of abortion providers: thework of the Legal Support Network in Latin America and East Africa
by Ximena Casas, Mitchelle Kimathi-Osiemo, DeeRedwine, Claire Tebbets, Karen Plafker HTML|PDF
Denial of safe abortion to survivors of rape in India