An Open Secret traces the history of women’ s experiences with unwanted pregnancy and abortion in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia between the early 1950s and 2010. It finds that women’ s personal reproductive experiences contributed to shaping policies and services in reproductive health care.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Maps
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One, Legislating Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Bolivia
Chapter Two, Double Discourses: Social Attitudes on Sexuality and Reproduction
Chapter Three, Feelings, Attitudes, and Decisions: Reproductive Decision-Making in the Urban Andes
Chapter Four, Navigating Unwanted Pregnancy in La Paz and El Alto, 1950s-1980s
Chapter Five, Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in the Wake of Democracy, 1982-2010
Chapter Six, Abortion and the Law in La Paz and El Alto
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
