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- Alm, Erika, 1975, et al.
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Parenting the nation : state violence and reproduction in Nicaragua and Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Struggles for reproductive justice in the era of anti-genderism and religious fundamentalism. - London : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783031312595 - 9783031312625 - 9783031312601 ; , s. 213-240
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Reproduction is a core question for the state, a site of struggle between the reproduction of the nation and the reproduction of liveable lives, especially for those citizens whose rights are rarely recognized in the first place. What role does the exceptionalisation of reproductive rights play in the reproduction of the nation-state? Nicaragua and Sweden are countries where debates about reproductive justice highlight tensions in the projection of a state that cares for its citizens. Nicaragua, the second-poorest country in the Western hemisphere with one of the most repressive and punitive legislations on abortion in the world. Sweden with its reputation as a pioneering nation in matters of gender equality and reproductive justice. This chapter draws on a particular formulation of the centrality of the state in theories and practices of reproductive justice: the notion of the state as a parent with a particular responsibility to protect and foster, but also discipline and subjugate, its citizens. Political leaders, Fathers and Mothers of the Nation, form the discourse within which the state regulates its imagined children’s, the citizens, reproductive rights. As such the governance of reproduction is a vital aspect of the political fantasy about the nation-state and its futuriority.
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- Bodelson, Sarah
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Everyday Bordering and the Struggle for Reproductive Justice in Ireland
- 2023
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Ingår i: Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783031312595 - 9783031312601 ; , s. 71-100
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The bodies of women and pregnant persons are unceasingly at the centre of nation-building projects and increasingly subject to bordering processes. State borders are becoming ever more delocalised and mobile, as state migration regimes move into and circumscribe the everyday and intimate lives and rights of persons deemed not to belong. In a growing number of EU member states, rights to healthcare and housing inter alia are tied to a person’s legal-political status. However, little attention has yet been paid to the effects of bordering on organising for and realising reproductive justice. Following the repeal of the 8th Amendment (the abortion ban) in 2018 in Ireland, conversations and contestations are taking place that serve as a compelling starting point to explore the implications of bordering on organising for and realising reproductive justice. In this chapter, I explore the calls made by the migrant and ethnic minority bloc during the March for Choice 2019 in Dublin, which link state borders to reproductive injustice in Ireland. I draw on preliminary fieldwork conducted in Dublin, interviews and informal conversations online, and secondary material, to understand how colonial, raced, sexed and gendered borders are reproduced and, more importantly, contested in the struggle for reproductive rights and justice in Ireland.
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- Mulinari, Paula, et al.
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Exploring Swedish ‘Family Planning’ : Reproductive Racism and Reproductive Justice
- 2023
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Ingår i: Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism. - London : Palgrave Macmillan Cham. - 9783031312595 - 9783031312601 ; , s. 241-261
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, during the parliamentary election campaign in 2022, birth control and family planning were identified as practices that could solve all variety of social problems, from poverty to crime. They were also presented as a solution to migrant women’s supposed lack of integration into Swedish society.Criticism towards discourses and policies of family planning is extensive, from scholars challenging the notion of ‘voluntariness’ to those arguing that, in family planning, women’s lives are subordinated to economic and developmental goals. While contraceptive technologies hold an impressive emancipatory power in the lives of women globally, vulnerable groups of women have, in the name of family planning, experienced forced sterilisation and reproductive coercion.This chapter aims to analyse political discourses and governmental policies on reproduction through the conceptual lens of reproductive racism. We hope to challenge what we identify as historical amnesia concerning Swedish ‘family planning’ and show how, in different ways, reproductive rights in Sweden are inscribed and embedded into racial inequalities.The empirical material presented here has been collected with the aim of illustrating governmental policies that historically and today shape and frame diverse forms of reproductive racism with a special focus on welfare professionals.
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- Selberg, Rebecca, et al.
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Rights Claims in Anti-abortion Campaigns in Poland and Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783031312601 - 9783031312595 ; , s. 155-177
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter presents two case analyses, one situated in Sweden and the other in Poland, where attempts have been made to intervene in the existing laws regulating access to abortion. The first case involves the lawsuits filed by midwives in Sweden who claimed to have been discriminated against on the grounds of their religion when they had been turned down for work due to their objection to performing abortion as part of the job description. The second is that of a Polish civic legislative initiative aimed at restricting the prevailing abortion legislation in Poland in cases of foetal anomalies. We explore the rights claims deployed in these anti-abortion campaigns with an aim to contribute to the growing feminist scholarship on rhetorical devices and mobilisation tactics employed in the struggles over access to abortion. The two cases illustrate how anti-abortion mobilisations have been using rights claims that traditionally had been employed by feminist movements fighting for access to abortion. While it can be observed that this trend is part of a broader development of what has been described as a transnational anti-gender movement's appeal to the law, our analyses illustrate different and context-sensitive ways in which rights claims are articulated.
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