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The Postreform Stage: Understanding Backlash against Sexual Policies in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2020

Verónica Pérez Bentancur  and
Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc
Verónica Pérez Bentancur
Affiliation:
Universidad de La República
Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc
Affiliation:
Universidad de La República/Universidad Nacional de San Martín
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In Latin America, it is difficult to win approval for policies that allow induced abortion and same-sex marriage. Social movements face more obstacles in promoting these policies than in promoting other gender and LGBTQ policies because abortion and same-sex marriage are particularly contentious issues. These policies involve doctrinal or countercultural topics, and supporters of these legislative changes must confront groups that mobilize to block these reform efforts (Blofield 2006; Corrales 2015; Díez 2015; Friedman 2019; Grzymała-Busse 2015; Htun 2003). Yet in the period following democratic transitions, some Latin American countries successfully liberalized their legislation concerning abortion and marriage equality.

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Online Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 16 , Special Issue 1: Special Symposium on Women's Parties , March 2020 , E3
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2020

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