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Right to life or right to governance? A discourse analysis of Texas' and Mexico's abortion policies from September 2021

Truncyte, Monika LU (2022) GNVM03 20221
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to conduct a discourse analysis on Texas’ and Mexico’s abortion policies from September 2021 by applying Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ method, together with a theoretical framework based in reproductive governance and SRHR. The research questions are: what is the problem of abortion represented to be in these policies, and to what extent the discourses presented in said policies align with the views on abortion communicated by the Catholic Church. The results show that the policy enacted in Texas represents abortion as an immoral and dangerous social issue by adopting the right to life viewpoint. The discourse presented in this policy appears to have many similarities with that of the Catholic... (More)
The aim of this thesis is to conduct a discourse analysis on Texas’ and Mexico’s abortion policies from September 2021 by applying Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ method, together with a theoretical framework based in reproductive governance and SRHR. The research questions are: what is the problem of abortion represented to be in these policies, and to what extent the discourses presented in said policies align with the views on abortion communicated by the Catholic Church. The results show that the policy enacted in Texas represents abortion as an immoral and dangerous social issue by adopting the right to life viewpoint. The discourse presented in this policy appears to have many similarities with that of the Catholic Church’s. Mexico’s policy, on the other hand, represents abortion in the first trimester as a necessary procedure both from a medical and human rights viewpoint. Late-term abortion is however perceived negatively due to the increased development of the foetus and the constitution’s wanting to preserve the human life. There are hardly any similarities found between the discourse presented by the Mexican Supreme Court in their ruling to decriminalise abortion in the first trimester and the Catholic Church’s discourse regarding abortion (Less)
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author
Truncyte, Monika LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVM03 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Abortion, Texas, Mexico, reproductive governance, SRHR
language
English
id
9083593
date added to LUP
2022-06-07 15:28:07
date last changed
2022-06-07 15:28:07
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis is to conduct a discourse analysis on Texas’ and Mexico’s abortion policies from September 2021 by applying Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ method, together with a theoretical framework based in reproductive governance and SRHR. The research questions are: what is the problem of abortion represented to be in these policies, and to what extent the discourses presented in said policies align with the views on abortion communicated by the Catholic Church. The results show that the policy enacted in Texas represents abortion as an immoral and dangerous social issue by adopting the right to life viewpoint. The discourse presented in this policy appears to have many similarities with that of the Catholic Church’s. Mexico’s policy, on the other hand, represents abortion in the first trimester as a necessary procedure both from a medical and human rights viewpoint. Late-term abortion is however perceived negatively due to the increased development of the foetus and the constitution’s wanting to preserve the human life. There are hardly any similarities found between the discourse presented by the Mexican Supreme Court in their ruling to decriminalise abortion in the first trimester and the Catholic Church’s discourse regarding abortion}},
  author       = {{Truncyte, Monika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Right to life or right to governance? A discourse analysis of Texas' and Mexico's abortion policies from September 2021}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}