Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation

Falling behind other western countries concerning the liberalization of birth control in France is explained by a natalism of State. The contraception was authorized only in 1967, under many restrictions. The May 1968 events and mainly the rising of feminism could impose an even higher liberaliza...

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Main Author: Michèle Ferrand
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-05-01
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9573
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spelling doaj-adcda3371fc6426d95d0499c6bffdcc42020-11-25T01:13:32ZspaUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Estudos Feministas0104-026X1806-95842008-05-011626536608234Abortion, a Condition for Gender EmancipationMichèle Ferrand0Universidade ParisFalling behind other western countries concerning the liberalization of birth control in France is explained by a natalism of State. The contraception was authorized only in 1967, under many restrictions. The May 1968 events and mainly the rising of feminism could impose an even higher liberalization, which allowed women, in 1975, to require abortion in the first ten weeks of pregnancy. The author of this article, a sociologist, participated actively in the women’s movement. Al the same time, she has chosen abortion as research subject. It is not only her trajectory, through the different liberation stages, but also the sociological and political problems she could identify, that are the main issues in this article, as well as the introduction of the main research results.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9573FeminismoAbortoContracepçãoDireitos reprodutivos
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Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
Revista Estudos Feministas
Feminismo
Aborto
Contracepção
Direitos reprodutivos
author_facet Michèle Ferrand
author_sort Michèle Ferrand
title Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
title_short Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
title_full Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
title_fullStr Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
title_full_unstemmed Abortion, a Condition for Gender Emancipation
title_sort abortion, a condition for gender emancipation
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Revista Estudos Feministas
issn 0104-026X
1806-9584
publishDate 2008-05-01
description Falling behind other western countries concerning the liberalization of birth control in France is explained by a natalism of State. The contraception was authorized only in 1967, under many restrictions. The May 1968 events and mainly the rising of feminism could impose an even higher liberalization, which allowed women, in 1975, to require abortion in the first ten weeks of pregnancy. The author of this article, a sociologist, participated actively in the women’s movement. Al the same time, she has chosen abortion as research subject. It is not only her trajectory, through the different liberation stages, but also the sociological and political problems she could identify, that are the main issues in this article, as well as the introduction of the main research results.
topic Feminismo
Aborto
Contracepção
Direitos reprodutivos
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9573
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