Abstract Objective Soon after Chile decriminalized abortion under three limited
circumstances in 2017, we assessed medical and midwifery students' attitudes about …

Motherhood, social policies and women's activism in Latin America STUDIES OF THE
AMERICAS Motherhood, Social Policies and Women’s Activism in Latin America Edited by …

At the turn of the twentieth century, social policies in Latin America emerged and were
shaped by maternalist views. Similarly, early feminist movements appealed to the idea that …

Cohabitation is a distinctive feature of low-income groups in Latin America. In the past, it has
been linked to colonial legacies including notions of familial honour, poverty, and a kinship …

Abstract Background In August 2017, Chile lifted its complete ban on abortion by permitting
abortion in three limited circumstances: 1) to save a woman's life, 2) lethal fetal anomaly …

Previous studies suggest that Latin America is entering into a Second Demographic
Transition (SDT). This essay asks whether this theory can account for increasing …

Objective To assess Chilean medical and midwifery students' attitudes and willingness to
become trained to provide abortion care, shortly after abortion was decriminalised in 2017 …

CONTEXT: In 2017, Chile reformed its abortion law to allow the procedure under limited
circumstances. Exploring the views of Chilean medical and midwifery faculty regarding …

This chapter introduces the central themes of the book and reflects on the expansion of the
study of motherhood and maternalism since the 1970s. The chapter briefly considers how far …

Family honour, protecting and upholding the family name, is central to familism. Yet, it has
been somewhat neglected by scholarship on Latin American and Latino families. Familism …