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Arbitrating abortion: sex-selection and care work among abortion providers in England
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posted on 2023-06-09, 19:54 authored by Ben Kasstan, Maya UnnithanMaya UnnithanThe UK’s on-going sex-selective abortion (SSA) controversy remains a major obstacle to the liberalization of national abortion governance, and is an issue broadly attributed to a “cultural” preference for sons among South Asian women. We conceptualize how healthcare professionals “arbitrate” requests for SSA by exploring the tension between its legal status and how requests are encountered by abortion providers. SSA is framed in this article as a legitimate care service that can support providers to meet the diverse reproductive health needs of women to the full extent of the law.
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Son preference and sex selection against females in the UK: Evidence, causes, trends & implications; G2257; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/N01877X/1
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- Published
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- Accepted version
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Medical AnthropologyISSN
0145-9740Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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1-16Department affiliated with
- Anthropology Publications
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- Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health Publications
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2019-12-09First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-08-19First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-12-08Usage metrics
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