Special Section: Abortion and Human Rights

Volume 19, Issue 1, June 2017

GUEST EDITORS: Alicia Ely Yamin, Paola Bergallo, and Marge Berer

Table of Contents

EDITORIAL  Narratives of Essentialism and Exceptionalism: The Challenges and Possibilities of Using Human Rights to Improve Access to Safe Abortion
Alicia Ely Yamin and Paola Bergallo
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DISCUSSION Abortion Law and Policy Around the World: In Search of Decriminalization
Marge Berer
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Theorizing Time in Abortion Law and Human Rights
Joanna N. Erdman
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The Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health Care and Anti-Abortion Activism: Examples from Latin America
Lynn M. Morgan
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Regulation of Conscientious Objection to Abortion: An International Comparative Multiple-Case Study
Wendy Chavkin, Laurel Swerdlow, and Jocelyn Fifield
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The Role of International Human Rights Norms in the Liberalization of Abortion Laws Globally
Johanna B. Fine, Katherine Mayall, and Lilian Sepúlveda
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Pregnancy and the 40-Year Prison Sentence: How “Abortion is Murder” Became Institutionalized in the Salvadoran Judicial System
Jocelyn Viterna and Jose Santos Guardado Bautista
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Pregnancies and Fetal Anomalies Incompatible with Life in Chile: Arguments and Experiences in Advocating for Legal Reform
Lidia Casas and Lieta Vivaldi
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Legal Knowledge as a Tool for Social Change: La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres as an Expert on Colombian Abortion Law
Ana Cristina González Vélez and Isabel Cristina Jaramillo
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The Battle Over Abortion Rights in Brazil’s State Arenas, 1995-2006
Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado and Débora Alves Maciel
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Abortion Rights Legal Mobilization in the Peruvian Media, 1990–2015
Camila Gianella
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The Moderating Influence of International Courts on Social Movements: Evidence from the IVF Case Against Costa Rica
Julieta Lemaitre and Rachel Sieder
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Why is a “Good Abortion Law” Not Enough? The Case of Estonia
Liiri Oja
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Macro- and Micro-Political Vernaculizations of Rights: Human Rights and Abortion Discourses in Northern Ireland
Claire Pierson and Fiona Bloomer
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Exploring Legal Restrictions, Regulatory Reform, and Geographic Disparities in Abortion Access in Thailand
Grady Arnott, Grace Sheehy, Orawee Chinthakanan, and Angel M. Foster
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Decriminalization and Women’s Access to Abortion in Australia
Barbara Baird
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Australia: Abortion and Human Rights
Ronli Sifris and Suzanne Belton
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PERSPECTIVE Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization: Gaps in Access, Equity, and Quality
Wan-Ju Wu, Sheela Maru, Kiran Regmi, and Indira Basnett
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