Research paper
Becker, D, and Olavarrieta, Claudia Diaz. “Decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City: The effects on women’s reproductive rights.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 103 no. Apr, 2013, pp 590-593.
The authors of this article overview legislative changes which took place and shaped the views of the law as it pertains to abortion. Becker et al (2013), overview the legislation which was passed in 2007 in Mexico City which legally discriminated elective abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. Despite the restriction of the legislative on the first 12 weeks of the pregnancy, there are a number of abortion services as presented to women throughout Mexico City and it’s Ministry of Health’s public sector for free - and more than 89,000 legal abortion are cited to have been performed in the agency. The author’s cite Mexico City’s abortion as an important initial step in improving women’s reproductive rights however, the system is taking an approach in eliminating harmful ways of abortions. Additionally, Becker et al (2013) cite varying factors such as stigma, fear, and lack of knowledge about the services which ultimately lead some women to continue to abort unsafely rather than using the safe services.
Chika, I.S. “Legalization of Marital Rape in Nigeria: A gross violation of women’s
health and reproductive rights.”. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 33 no. Mar, 2011, pp 39-46.
The intent of this research article is to not only discuss the rape culture targeting the Nigerian women, but also the consequences of those events. Particularly, the author discuss the legalization of marital rape in the nation of Nigeria. Additionally, various concepts such as the definition and historical significance of one’s health and women’s reproductive rights. The paper focuses on the volatile issue of legalization of marital rape in Nigeria. Chika (2011) also highlights a plethora of systematic barriers that have widely impeded the full recognition of women’s reproductive system and the barriers it faces. It was cited that legalized marital rape in Nigeria as well as the rest of Africa is a great violation of the reproductive rights of women.
Finer, Louise, and Fine, Johanna B. “Abortion Law Around the World: Progress and Pushback.” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 103 no. Apr, 2013, pp, 585-589.
Finer & Fine (2013), cite that there is a worldwide pattern toward the advancement of fetus removal laws driven by women’s rights, general well being, and human rights advocates. This pattern mirrors the acknowledgment of ladies' acceptance to legitimate fetus removal benefits as an issue of ladies' rights and self-assurance and a comprehension of the critical general well-being ramifications of criminalizing premature birth. Nonetheless, legal strategies to introduce barriers that impede access to legal abortion services, such as mandatory waiting periods, biased counseling requirements, and the unregulated practice of conscientious objection, are emerging in response to this trend. These barriers stigmatize and demean women and compromise their health (Finer & Fine, 2013).
Piillai, Vijayan K, and Guang-zhen Wang. “Women’s reproductive rights and social equality in
developing countries.” Social Science Journal, vol. 36 no. 1999, pp. 459.
The author discussed the relationship between levels of women’s reproductive rights and social equality in developing countries. The article helps me why I should talk about women’s reproductive rights and why women have reproductive rights. It helps me to argument with other people who are against women’s reproductive rights, and it taught me why women should have reproductive rights. I learned why some people and government totally against women’s reproductive rights, and I found that because of religious force or closed mind. If we want to have a thing and some people are against it, we should learn why they are against and try to have conversation in order to clear ideas and learn something you have not learned in our argument.
Coast, Ernestina, and Murray, Susan F. “These things are dangerous: Understanding induced abortion trajectories in urban Zambia.” Sociology of Science Medicine, vol. 153 no. Mar, 2016, pp, 201-209.
Unsafe fetus removal is a critical yet preventable reason for worldwide maternal mortality and dismalness. As indicated by the authors, Zambia has among the most liberal premature birth laws in Sub-Saharan Africa, however this by itself does not ensure access to safe fetus removal, and 30% of maternal mortality is inferable from perilous methodology. Top to bottom subjective meetings were led in 2013 with 112 ladies who got to fetus removal related care in a Lusaka tertiary government doctor's facility sooner or later in their pathway. The example included ladies looking for safe fetus removal and furthermore those accepting healing facility mind taking after hazardous premature birth. System examinations of 70 transcripts demonstrated that directions to an end of an undesirable pregnancy can be mind boggling and iterative. People may explore private and open formal human services frameworks and counsel inadequate suppliers, frequently attempting numerous methodologies. Coast and Murray (2016) discovered four noteworthy impacts on which direction a lady took after, and in addition the multifaceted nature and timing of her direction.
“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice.” Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, vol. 15 no. pp, 166-188.
This article proposes transnational conceptive equity as a valuable way to deal with the freedom of duplicate minimized ladies. I focus the efficient fear and denigration of ladies of shading by different foundations, practices, and strategies with a specific end goal to exhibit why we require a regenerative equity way to deal with address dynamic state-endorsed viciousness. In the wake of clarifying the substance and importance of a regenerative equity system, I clarify the conceivable outcomes a transnational point of view on contraceptive equity offers to address interrelated worldwide strengths of control.
Madhok, Sumi, Unnithan, Maya, and Heitmeyer, Carolyn. “On reproductive justice: ‘domestic violence’, rights and the law in India. Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 16 no. Nov, 2014, pp, 1231-1244.
In this paper Madhok et al (2014) draw attention to the difficulty of accessing reproductive rights in the absence of effective state and legal guarantees for gender equity and citizenship, and argue that if reproductive rights are to be meaningful interventions on the ground, they must be reframed in terms of reproductive justice. Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Rajasthan, Northwest India, we track two dynamic legal aid interventions on reproductive health rights in India, concerned with domestic violence and maternal mortality respectively, that have sought to fill this existing gap between ineffective state policies and the rhetoric on reproductive rights. Through an analysis of these interventions, the authors propose that requirements of reproductive justice cannot be met through discrete or private, albeit creative legal initiatives, pursued by individuals or civil society organizations but must involve comprehensive policies as well as strategies and alliances between state, non-state, transnational organizations and progressive political groups.
