Anti-Abortion Mobilization in Latin America: Signs of a Field in Transformation

Abstract Gender and sexuality have become a focal point of the political divide in Latin America. In many countries, religious actors, political leaders, pro-life and pro-family nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), among others, have come together to promote a neoconservative shift in contemporary...

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Published in:	Revista Direito GV
Main Authors:	Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado, María Angélica Peñas-Defago, Camila Gianella Malca
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Direito 2022-11-01
Subjects:	Anti-abortion movement in Latin America abortion sexual and reproductive rights anti-gender campaigns mobilization and countermobilization neoconservatism Latin America
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-24322022000300210&lng=en&tlng=en

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