Agata Chełstowska
Biographic Data
| ID | 364361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agata Chełstowska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agata |
| FAMILY NAME | Chełstowska |
| SIGNATURE | CHEŁSTOWSKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4518-9041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Criminalization, Medicalization, and Stigmatization: Genealogies of Abortion Activism in Poland
This article explores the long history of Polish abortion activism from the late 1950s to the present day. Using feminist genealogy, we examine how (de)criminalization, (de)medicalization, and (de)stigmatization are addressed in the strategic narratives of three interconnected organizations: the Polish Planned Parenthood Association (PPPA), established in 1957; the Federation for Women and Family Planning (FWFP), established in 1991; and the Abor…
Catholic Intimacies: Negotiating Contraception in Late Communist Poland
The majority of people in Poland self-identified as Catholic throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Despite the Polish Episcopate's unanimous rejection of contraception as immoral and sinful, a considerable proportion of Polish Catholics utilized family planning techniques and technologies explicitly banned by their institutional Church. This article uses personal narratives to show how Polish Catholics negotiated their use of Churc…
Stigmatisation and commercialisation of abortion services in Poland: Turning Sin Into Gold
This paper is about the economic consequences of the stigmatisation and illegality of abortion and its almost complete removal from public health services in Poland since the late 1980s. Once abortion left the public sphere, it entered the grey zone of private arrangements, in which a woman's private worries became someone else's private gain, and her sin turned into gold. The most important consequence was social inequality, as the right to heal…
Stigmatisation and commercialisation of abortion services in Poland: Turning Sin Into Gold
This paper is about the economic consequences of the stigmatisation and illegality of abortion and its almost complete removal from public health services in Poland since the late 1980s. Once abortion left the public sphere, it entered the grey zone of private arrangements, in which a woman's private worries became someone else's private gain, and her sin turned into gold. The most important consequence was social inequality, as the right to heal…
Criminalization, Medicalization, and Stigmatization: Genealogies of Abortion Activism in Poland
This article explores the long history of Polish abortion activism from the late 1950s to the present day. Using feminist genealogy, we examine how (de)criminalization, (de)medicalization, and (de)stigmatization are addressed in the strategic narratives of three interconnected organizations: the Polish Planned Parenthood Association (PPPA), established in 1957; the Federation for Women and Family Planning (FWFP), established in 1991; and the Abor…
Catholic Intimacies: Negotiating Contraception in Late Communist Poland
The majority of people in Poland self-identified as Catholic throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Despite the Polish Episcopate's unanimous rejection of contraception as immoral and sinful, a considerable proportion of Polish Catholics utilized family planning techniques and technologies explicitly banned by their institutional Church. This article uses personal narratives to show how Polish Catholics negotiated their use of Churc…
Stigmatisation and commercialisation of abortion services in Poland: Turning Sin Into Gold
This paper is about the economic consequences of the stigmatisation and illegality of abortion and its almost complete removal from public health services in Poland since the late 1980s. Once abortion left the public sphere, it entered the grey zone of private arrangements, in which a woman's private worries became someone else's private gain, and her sin turned into gold. The most important consequence was social inequality, as the right to heal…
Catholic Intimacies: Negotiating Contraception in Late Communist Poland
The majority of people in Poland self-identified as Catholic throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Despite the Polish Episcopate's unanimous rejection of contraception as immoral and sinful, a considerable proportion of Polish Catholics utilized family planning techniques and technologies explicitly banned by their institutional Church. This article uses personal narratives to show how Polish Catholics negotiated their use of Churc…
Criminalization, Medicalization, and Stigmatization: Genealogies of Abortion Activism in Poland
This article explores the long history of Polish abortion activism from the late 1950s to the present day. Using feminist genealogy, we examine how (de)criminalization, (de)medicalization, and (de)stigmatization are addressed in the strategic narratives of three interconnected organizations: the Polish Planned Parenthood Association (PPPA), established in 1957; the Federation for Women and Family Planning (FWFP), established in 1991; and the Abor…
Abortion (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Abortion law (1 works) · Accountability (1 works) · Birth control (1 works) · Criminalization (1 works)