Episode #12: Feminist Self-Managed Abortion and Activism

In this episode, lawyer and politicial scientist Mariana Assis,
sociologist Nayla Vacarezza and Public Health scholar and
sociologist Sara Larrea talk about self-managed abortion, the
practice of obtaining abortion medications independently and
using them to manage the abortion process without clinical
supervision. The importance of activists, of self-ownership of
women's own bodies and the different standards in different
countries are discussed, among other questions and areas.

All three belong to a research group that worked at ZiF under the
title "Translocal Networks for Feminist Self-Managed Abortion in
the Americas and Europe: Transforming Law, Health and Culture
Through Activism and Scholarship".



Guests


Mariana Assis

Nayla Vacarezza

Sara Larrea



Other Links



SMA Networks

Red Feminista Latinoamericada y Caribeña de Acompañantes
de Abortos (Latin America)

MAMA Network: Mobilizing Activists Around Medical
Abortion (Africa)

Abortion Without Borders (Europe)

Women Help Women




Books

Naomi Braine (2023): Abortion Beyond the Law:Building a
Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion.

Sydney Calkin (2023): Abortion Pills Go Global.
Reproductive Freedom across Borders.

Carrie Baker (2024): Abortion Pills: US History and
Politics.

Deirdre Duffy (2024): Abortion Trail Activism. The Global
Infrastructures for Abortion Access.




Movies

Vessel (2014)

Call Jane (2022)




Podcast

The Conspiracy Tapes: Cover up: The Pill Plot




Music

Aborteras, by Las Parceras and Líricas del Caos






We are grateful for the intro by Niklas Schönfeld, for the voice
recordings of Molina Panzner and Erica Shires and for the podcast
cover by Corinna Mehl.
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the ZiF communications team at zif-info@uni-bielefeld.de or get
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