The notion of 'culture'features in the abortion literature to explicate, first, contestation of the
meaning of abortion (as in the 'culture wars' about abortion), second, the normalisation of …

Political discussions on abortion in Africa take place in the context of most countries having
restrictive abortion legislation and high levels of unsafe abortion. In this paper two major …

Meanings of abortion in society are constructed within sociohistorical and gendered spaces
and manifested through myriad discourses that impact on the perception and treatment of …

Background Unsafe abortion continues to be a major hazard for maternal health in Sub-
Saharan Africa, where abortion remains highly controversial and access to safe abortion …

A key element in cultural and gender power relations surrounding abortion is how women
who undergo an abortion are represented in public talk. We analyse how women were …

Discursive constructions of abortion are embedded in the social and gendered power
relations of a particular socio-historical space. As part of research on public discourses …

There exists an enormous gulf between the aspirations of South Africa's abortion legislation–
among the most liberal in the world–and its implementation. One weakness in the provision …

This article reviews literature from a number of disciplines in order to provide an explanation
of the political controversy attached to the provision of abortion counselling. It will show how …

A large body of feminist scholarship identifies and examines modes of representing
abortion, focusing on themes such as stigma and the production of an autonomous foetal …

We envisioned this special issue of Women & Health to address the lack of peer-reviewed
research explicitly studying abortion stigma. While an extensive body of knowledge and …