'Gendercide,' Abortion Policy, and the Disciplining of Prenatal Sex-selection in Neoliberal Europe

Main author: Purewal, Navtej
Other authors: Eklund, Lisa
Format: Journal Article           
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description This article examines the contours of how sex-selective abortion (SSA) and ‘gendercide’ have been problematically combined within contemporary debates on abortion in Europe. Analysing the development of policies on the topic, we identify three ‘turns’ which have become integral to the biopolitics of SSA in Europe: the biomedical turn, the ‘gendercide’ turn, and the Asian demographic turn. Recent attempts to discipline SSA in the UK and Sweden are examined as a means of showing how the neoliberal state in Europe is becoming increasingly open to manoeuvres to undermine the right to abortion, even where firm laws exist.
format Journal Article
author Purewal, Navtej
author_facet Purewal, Navtej
Eklund, Lisa
authorStr Purewal, Navtej
author_letter Purewal, Navtej
author2 Eklund, Lisa
author2Str Eklund, Lisa
title 'Gendercide,' Abortion Policy, and the Disciplining of Prenatal Sex-selection in Neoliberal Europe
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2017
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23603/