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The Framing of Abortion in the Czech Republic: How the Continuity of Discourse Prevents Institutional Change
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SYSNO ASEP 0355729 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The Framing of Abortion in the Czech Republic: How the Continuity of Discourse Prevents Institutional Change Author(s) Dudová, Radka (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. - : Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0038-0288
Roč. 46, č. 6 (2010), s. 945-975Number of pages 31 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords abortion policy ; body discourse ; frame analysis Subject RIV AO - Sociology, Demography CEZ AV0Z70280505 - SOU-Z (2005-2011) UT WOS 000286496500004 Annotation While explaining the continuity and change of abortion institutions in the former Czechoslovakia /Czech Republic, the article focuses on the framing of the debates that preceded the changes in abortion legislation in the Czech Republic since the 1950s. Discourse analysis of media and expert articles, parliamentary debates, and other documents shows that abortion in the Czech Republic was framed as a medical issue since the 1950s, not an issue of women’s rights or bodily citizenship. The effect of this medicalised discourse of abortion was the construction of a specific knowledge on abortion. In spite of existing alternative discourses, this original discourse now hinders the possibility of reframing abortion in terms of women’s reproductive rights and this is reflected in the status quo of the abortion legislation. The continuity of dominant discourse therefore reflects and reinforces the path-dependency of the institutions. Workplace Institute of Sociology Contact Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351 Year of Publishing 2011
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