Reproductive manoeuvring:An ethnographic study about women's abortion and other reproductive experiences in the Faroe Islands
The PhD thesis ’Reproductive manoeuvring: An ethnographic study about women’s abortion and other reproductive experiences in the Faroe Islands’ aims to explore women’s lived reproductive experiences in the restrictive abortion landscape in the Faroe Islands. This is accomplished through in-depth int...
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Roskilde Universitet
2023
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| Online Access: | https://forskning.ruc.dk/da/publications/851c5f9d-501d-47ad-bcae-3a170c3a5e49 https://hdl.handle.net/1800/851c5f9d-501d-47ad-bcae-3a170c3a5e49 |
| Summary: | The PhD thesis ’Reproductive manoeuvring: An ethnographic study about women’s abortion and other reproductive experiences in the Faroe Islands’ aims to explore women’s lived reproductive experiences in the restrictive abortion landscape in the Faroe Islands. This is accomplished through in-depth interviews with 20 women and ethnographic insight from the Faroe Islands. The study writes itself into a political hot topic. The abortion law in the Faroe Islands is an old Danish abortion law from 1956. In 2018 the law was delegated from Danish authorities to Faroe authorities in line with a standard procedure to delegate political affairs so that they are administered by Faroe authorities. The delegation initiated a more thorough debate in the society about the law. This has launched what I describe as a turbulent time in the reproductive landscape. These local turbulent times are amidst a global commotion about reproductive politics. We are currently witnessing profound changes to longstanding abortion laws. For instance the liberal decision of the US Supreme Court in the 1973 case Roe versus Wade was overturned, meaning that abortion is no longer a constitutional right for American women. On the other hand Ireland’s deep rooted restrictions to abortion took a shift in 2018 wi th the repeal of the Eight Amendment, mean- ing that access to abortion care was liberalised. This is to my knowledge the first PhD project exploring women’s lived reproductive experiences in the Faroes. However, the study also contributes to an already growing field of interest in women’s experiences, parenthood, and societal ambiguities and transformations (Ísfeld 2019; Gaini 2022b; Vang 2022; Djurhuus 2022; Í Skorini, Albinus, and Sølvará 2022). Notably, this study advances women’s voices and their lived experiences. Theoretically the study draws on citizenship theories and anthropological and social science studies of morality and embodiment and emotion. The theoretical assemblage is found necessary because reproductive experiences are ... |
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