abortion
Exploring the complex and divisive issues that continue to drive the abortion debate, this track will delve into its growing intersection with disability rights. It will create a space for learning on laws, language and politics across contexts, as they are embedded within women’s lived experiences.
At reconference we will:
rethink cultural and popular narratives that guide the abortion discourse globally.
reimagine decrimininalisation not just as working to change laws or reduce harm by mitigating the effects of restrictive legislation, but as a powerful story of mobilisation.
reboot conversations on some of the most profound fault lines that have so far limited cross-movement alliance building on the issue of disability and abortion.
The abortion track will use curated visuals and slogans, knowledge resources and interactive sessions to:
-Showcase trends, both positive and negative, that help capture both resistance and backlash to abortion rights
-Address stigma through abortion storytelling to highlight resistance to the anti-choice capture of the abortion narrative
-Examine backlash and the meta-narrative of the gender ideology playbook that guides this backlash, as well as different region- and country-specific trends
We will rethink language and terminology that can provide activists and advocates with tools to counter this narrative through the creation of a terminology guide and provide a setting where we can engage with this new language.
We will reimagine how legal reform, which has always been a contested space, can be used as a powerful movement strategy by showcasing successful campaigns in Argentina, Ireland, Kenya and Poland. This conversation will be embedded within the historical legacy of abortion law reform over the past century.
We will reimagine our approach to abortion legal reform, recognizing that not just the state but also various vested movement interests have limited the potential to advance an intersectional approach and created movement- and constituency-based hierarchies to make rights claims. We will reimagine the human rights discourse, and examine reproductive justice as an alternative frame to address abortion rights.
We will reboot a radical and transformative approach to abortion law reform and its intersection with disability using a document that lays out Principles of Prenatal Testing, Abortion and Disability.
This advocacy and alliance-building tool helps us move away from a grounds-based approach (related to foetal anomaly, rape or incest, risk to life, and others) to one that centers women’s health and rights. We will work in the context of dramatic shifts in the way women seek abortions as a result of technology advancement, which has changed the way both services and information are being provided.
At reconference we will:
rethink cultural and popular narratives that guide the abortion discourse globally.
reimagine decrimininalisation not just as working to change laws or reduce harm by mitigating the effects of restrictive legislation, but as a powerful story of mobilisation.
reboot conversations on some of the most profound fault lines that have so far limited cross-movement alliance building on the issue of disability and abortion.
The abortion track will use curated visuals and slogans, knowledge resources and interactive sessions to:
-Showcase trends, both positive and negative, that help capture both resistance and backlash to abortion rights
-Address stigma through abortion storytelling to highlight resistance to the anti-choice capture of the abortion narrative
-Examine backlash and the meta-narrative of the gender ideology playbook that guides this backlash, as well as different region- and country-specific trends
We will rethink language and terminology that can provide activists and advocates with tools to counter this narrative through the creation of a terminology guide and provide a setting where we can engage with this new language.
We will reimagine how legal reform, which has always been a contested space, can be used as a powerful movement strategy by showcasing successful campaigns in Argentina, Ireland, Kenya and Poland. This conversation will be embedded within the historical legacy of abortion law reform over the past century.
We will reimagine our approach to abortion legal reform, recognizing that not just the state but also various vested movement interests have limited the potential to advance an intersectional approach and created movement- and constituency-based hierarchies to make rights claims. We will reimagine the human rights discourse, and examine reproductive justice as an alternative frame to address abortion rights.
We will reboot a radical and transformative approach to abortion law reform and its intersection with disability using a document that lays out Principles of Prenatal Testing, Abortion and Disability.
This advocacy and alliance-building tool helps us move away from a grounds-based approach (related to foetal anomaly, rape or incest, risk to life, and others) to one that centers women’s health and rights. We will work in the context of dramatic shifts in the way women seek abortions as a result of technology advancement, which has changed the way both services and information are being provided.