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Abortion in Mexico
2024
Overview
Abortion in Mexico: A History concisely examines the long
history of abortion from the early postcontact period through the
present day in Mexico by studying the law, criminal and
ecclesiastical trials, medical texts, newspapers, and other popular
publications. Nora E. Jaffary draws on courts' and medical
practitioners' handling of birth termination to advance two central
arguments. First, Jaffary contends, the social, legal, and judicial
condemnation of abortion should be understood more as an aberration
than the norm in Mexico, as legal conditions and long periods of
Mexican history indicate that the law, courts, the medical
profession, and everyday Mexicans tolerated the practice. Second,
the historical framework of abortion differed greatly from its
present representation. The language of fetal personhood and the
notion of the inherent value of human life were not central
elements of the conceptualization of abortion until the late
twentieth century. Until then, the regulation of abortion derived
exclusively out of concerns for pregnant people themselves,
specifically about their embodiment of sexual honor. In
Abortion in Mexico Jaffary presents the first longue
durée examination of this history from a variety of locations
in Mexico, providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of the
practice of abortion and informing readers of just how much the
debate has evolved.
Publisher
Nebraska,University of Nebraska Press
Subject
ISBN
1496239628, 9781496239624, 9781496240217, 1496240219
