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    Abortion in Mexico by Jaffary, Nora E.;

    A History

    Series: Engendering Latin America;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
    • Date of Publication 1 October 2024
    • Number of Volumes Trade Paperback

    • ISBN 9781496240217
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages180 pages
    • Size 229x152 mm
    • Weight 280 g
    • Language English
    • 608

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    Long description:

    Abortion in Mexico: A History concisely examines the long history of abortion from the early postcontact period through the present day in Mexico by studying the law, criminal and ecclesiastical trials, medical texts, newspapers, and other popular publications.

    Nora E. Jaffary draws on courts’ and medical practitioners’ handling of birth termination to advance two central arguments. First, Jaffary contends, the social, legal, and judicial condemnation of abortion should be understood more as an aberration than the norm in Mexico, as legal conditions and long periods of Mexican history indicate that the law, courts, the medical profession, and everyday Mexicans tolerated the practice. Second, the historical framework of abortion differed greatly from its present representation. The language of fetal personhood and the notion of the inherent value of human life were not central elements of the conceptualization of abortion until the late twentieth century. Until then, the regulation of abortion derived exclusively out of concerns for pregnant people themselves, specifically about their embodiment of sexual honor.

    In Abortion in Mexico Jaffary presents the first longue durÉe examination of this history from a variety of locations in Mexico, providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of the practice of abortion and informing readers of just how much the debate has evolved.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Tables
    Acknowledgments
    Abbreviations
    Introduction
    1. 1519–1870
    2. 1871–1930
    3. 1931–2000
    Conclusion
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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