Le continuum des oppositions à l'avortement
(2025) Revue Française de Sociologie — (2025)
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- (en) Fifty years after the legalization of abortion in France, opposition to it has not vanished—it has simply took new forms. From outright rejection of abortion rights to more targeted forms of reluctance, opposition takes diverse forms depending on the actors who carry it—anti-abortion activists, lawmakers, medical practitioners, relatives of women seeking an abortion—and the contexts in which they make themselves heard. This special issue explores the enduring barriers to women’s reproductive autonomy, both in terms of legal frameworks—from French parliamentary debates to the mobilization of conservative movements in Senegal—and in practice, through an examination of medical hesitancy and the stigmatizing narratives that shape women’s experiences of abortion. By moving beyond the binary opposition between pro-choice and anti-abortion positions, it reveals how, despite growing support for abortion rights, resistances persist that impede the normalization of abortion, undermine legal rights, and limit their effectiveness.
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Perrin, R., Mathieu, M., & Le Guen, M. (2025). Le continuum des oppositions à l’avortement. Revue Française de Sociologie. Published. (Original work published 2025)