Abortion policy in transition: from pre and post abortion counseling to legal interruptions of pregnancy at Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

Authors

  • Sandra Salomé Fernández Vázquez Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)/ Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani/ Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-3569

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.21639

Keywords:

policy abortion, pre and post abortion-counseling, legal interruptions of pregnancy, risk and harm reduction, medical abortion, misoprostol

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the transition from pre and post abortion-counseling model to the implementation of legal interruptions of pregnancy (ILE, for its Spanish initials) in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Whereas the first model is framed in the paradigm of risk and harm reduction, the implementation of legal interruptions of pregnancy resignifies as a right the cases of non-punishable abortion included at the Argentine Penal Code of 1921, namely: cases of rape and cases of maternal health or life risk. In this paper, we analyze in which context this transition takes place, which factors have contributed and what differences this change of model implies.

Author Biography

Sandra Salomé Fernández Vázquez, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)/ Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani/ Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda

Sandra Salomé Fernández Vázquez es Licenciada en Ciencia Política y de la Administración por la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (España), es magister en “Pensar y Gobernar las sociedades complejas” (Ciencia Política) por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona y en la actualidad es estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales de la UBA y becaria doctoral de CONICET. Es integrante de varios proyectos de investigación con sede en el Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani y docente del Programa de Ingreso de la Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda. Ha participado en congresos y jornadas científicas nacionales e internacionales. Investiga sobre salud, políticas públicas y aborto.

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Published

2018-05-29

How to Cite

Fernández Vázquez, S. S. (2018). Abortion policy in transition: from pre and post abortion counseling to legal interruptions of pregnancy at Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (43), 145–160. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.21639

Issue

2018: Núm. 43 - jul - Dossier on political and judicial strategies in the debate for the legalization of abortion in Latin America, coordinated by J. Arosteguy and S. Deza

Section

Monographic Dossier

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