Abortion, sexual abuse and medical control: the Argentinian Supreme Court decision on F., A.L.

Authors

  • Maria Eugenia Monte Centro de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

Keywords:

abortion, feminism, conservatism, judicialization, feminist socio-legal studies

Abstract

In Argentina, during the 2000s but increasingly since 2005 up to 2016, women and feminist´s organizations and lawyers disputed over the abortion juridical regulation at Courts facing conservative resistances. These disputes could be located in a broader process of judicialization of the socio-political conflict over abortion. The Argentinian Supreme Court took a decision over one of these judicial processes on March 13th, 2012, F., A.L. This paper analyses the Argentinian Supreme Court decision on F., A.L. regarding non-punishable abortion boundaries, medical and judicial practices and, specifically, sexual abuse and medical control. It also analyses its material effects on a subsequent struggle and judgment in the province of Córdoba.

Author Biography

Maria Eugenia Monte, Centro de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

Abogada, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (FDCS, UNC). Magíster en Sociología Jurídica, Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica (Universidad del País Vasco, Universidad de Milán). Candidata a doctora en Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, FDCS, UNC. Becaria doctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

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Published

2017-08-29

Issue

No. 26 (2017)

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Articles

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