The Politics of Abortion in Nicaragua
Revolutionary Pragmatism - or Feminism in the Realm of Necessity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxine Molyneux (0000-0002-3548-0943, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 114-132 |
| Publication date | 1988-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/fr.1988.29 |
| OpenAlex | W2531346675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
Nicaragua was an anomaly among socialist states.3 Its comparatively advanced record on general political issues — pluralism, democracy, abolition of the death penalty — contrasted with a surprisingly conservative position on reproductive rights.4 After coming to power in 1979 Nicaragua’s revolutionary government pledged itself to women’s emancipation and implemented a range of policies and legal reforms designed to establish greater equality between the sexes. However, it did not legalise abortion, and nor did it amend the pre-revolutionary Somocista codes. Abortion was declared illegal under the Criminal Code of 1974, and, while ‘therapeutic’ terminations could be obtained, the grounds had to be of a strictly medical nature. Worse still, under this legislation the woman herself could not request permission: the request had to originate from her spouse or next of kin, who was in addition required to give formal permission. Requests for abortion had to be considered by a three-member medical panel: its members were, in the normal course of events, men
Abortion · Abortion law · Democracy · Emancipation · Family planning · Feminism · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law
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The Mother of the Nicaraguans
House, Street, Collective
Add Gender and Stir
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Sex and the State
Into the 1990s
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The Politics of Reproduction
The Challenge of Inclusive Identities and Solidarities
Revolutionary Popular Feminism in Nicaragua
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2015 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |