After the revolution of 2011, the electoral victory of the Islamist party 'Ennahdha'allowed
previously silenced religious and conservative ideas about women's right to abortion to be
expressed. This also allowed healthcare providers in the public sector to refuse abortion and
contraceptive care. This book explores the changes and continuity in the local discourses
and practices related to the body, sexuality, reproduction and gender relationships. It also
investigates how the bureaucratic apparatus of government healthcare facilities affects the …

Tunisia is a compelling portrait of the landscape of clinical reproductive health care in the
2013–2014 period following the revolution. The focus of Maffi's argument revolves around
what she identifies as a paradox: that reproductive health care services were in many ways
easier to obtain and abortion less contested prerevolution (2011), despite the
democratization of Tunisian society postrevolution. Pre-revolution, health care workers were
required to adhere to state policies toward abortion provision, many of which emphasized …