[DOWNLOAD] "Women and Abortion: Liberal Citizenship Or Patriarchal Regulation?" by Women in Welfare Education * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Women and Abortion: Liberal Citizenship Or Patriarchal Regulation?
- Author : Women in Welfare Education
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 200 KB
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Abstract: Access to abortion procedures remains a constant struggle for women in contemporary Australian society. This is due to conflict between the citizenship rights of women and abortion laws in Australia, where women are placed in positions of limited power when Australian laws prohibit them from accessing abortion services. How do abortion laws and policies allow women to exercise their rights? The discourse of liberal citizenship states that an individual has the right to make decisions that affect their lives with limited interference from the State. Further, that each individual has civil, social and political rights. Civil rights concern justice and equity before the law. In the case of abortion, the procedure still exists on many of the criminal law statutes around Australia. Women's choices are regulated and prematurely regarded as criminal regardless of their access to legal representation.