Burry, Kate and Beek, Kristen and Vallely, Lisa and Worth, Heather and Haire, Bridget (2023) Illegal abortion and reproductive injustice in the Pacific Islands: a qualitative analysis of court data. Developing World Bioethics, 23 (2). pp. 166-175. ISSN 1471-8731
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Abstract
The Oceania region is home to some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws, and there is evidence of Pacific Island women's reproductive oppression across several aspects of their reproductive lives, including in relation to contraceptive decision-making, birthing, and fertility. In this paper we analyse documents from court cases in the Pacific Islands regarding the illegal procurement of abortion. We undertook inductive thematic analysis of documents from eighteen illegal abortion court cases from Pacific Island countries. Using the lens of reproductive justice, we discuss the methods of abortion, the reported context of these abortions, and the ways in which these women and abortion were constructed in judges' summing up, judgements, or sentencing. Our analysis of these cases reveals layers of sexual and reproductive oppression experienced by these women that are related to colonialism, women's socioeconomic disadvantage, gendered violence, limited reproductive control, and the punitive consequences related to not performing gender appropriately.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | Office of the DVC (ARC) > Cook Island Campus |
| Depositing User: | Debi Futter-Puati |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2023 23:18 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2023 23:18 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14150 |
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