Abortion in Asia : : Local Dilemmas, Global Politics / / ed. by Andrea Whittaker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abdullah, Rashidah,; Belton, Suzanne,; Boonthai, Nongluk,; Chaturachinda, Kamheang,; Gammeltoft, Tine M.,; Hoban, Elizabeth,; Huber, Amanda,; Hull, Terence H.,; Hyman, Alyson,; Lam, Phirun,; Pelto, Pertti J.,; Ramachandar, Lakshmi,; Rashid, Sabina Faiz,; Rathavy, Tung,; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj,; Tantivess, Sripen,; Thuy, Phan Bich,; Whittaker, Andrea,; Widyantoro, Ninuk,; Wolf, Merrill,; Wong, Yut-Lin,
• HerausgeberIn: Whittaker, Andrea,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FIGURES --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; CONTRIBUTORS --; Chapter One ABORTION IN ASIA AN OVERVIEW --; Chapter Two CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND UNSAFE ABORTION IN RURAL CAMBODIA --; Chapter Three BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING: MAINTAINING MORAL MOTHERHOOD AFTER LATE-TERM ABORTION --; Chapter Four VIOLENCE, POVERTY AND ‘WEAKNESS’ INTERPERSONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REASONS WHY BURMESE WOMEN ON THE THAI BORDER UTILISE ABORTION --; Chapter Five QUALITY OF CARE AND PREGNANCY TERMINATIONS FOR ADOLESCENT WOMEN IN URBAN SLUMS, BANGLADESH --; Chapter Six CHOOSING ABORTION PROVIDERS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU: BALANCING COSTS AND QUALITY OF CARE --; Chapter Seven ABORTION IN VIETNAM: HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS COLLIDE IN THE ERA OF DOI MOI --; Chapter Eight ABORTION AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA --; Chapter Nine ACCESS TO ABORTION SERVICES IN MALAYSIA: A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH --; Chapter Ten IMPROVING ACCESS TO SAFE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN THAILAND: AN ANALYSIS OF POLICY DEVELOPMENTS FROM 1999 TO 2006 --; Chapter Eleven EPILOGUE: FURTHER CHALLENGES --; GLOSSARY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845459758; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781845459758
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Andrea Whittaker.

The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and India. It includes powerful insight into the conditions and hard choices faced by women and the circumstances surrounding unplanned pregnancies. It explores the connections among poverty, violence, barriers to access, and the politics and strategies involved in abortion law reform. The contributors analyze these issues within the broader conflicts surrounding women's status, gender roles, religion, nationalism and modernity, as well as the global politics of reproductive health.