Introduction: Histories of abortion beyond Roe

IF 0.3 3区历史学 Q2 HISTORY

Gender and History Pub Date : 2024-06-20 DOI:10.1111/1468-0424.12803

Hannah Frydman, Melissa Reynolds

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Abstract

This introduction to the forum of articles on ‘Histories of abortion beyond Roe’ addresses the difficulty of telling abortion (hi)stories without reference to the procedure's legal status. A brief survey of the history of reproductive medical interventions and recent scholarship on US abortion history illustrates how the contemporary concept of ‘abortion’ emerged only once abortion could be narrativised in medical and legal terms as an intentional act. Thus, the stories told about abortion had and continue to have the power to shape abortion's meaning, its history and even its legal status, as summaries of the forum's three articles illustrate.

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导言：罗伊案之后的堕胎史

本论坛文章 "超越罗伊的堕胎史 "的导言探讨了在不提及堕胎程序的法律地位的情况下讲述堕胎（喜）故事的困难。通过对生殖医学干预史和美国堕胎史最新学术研究的简要回顾，我们可以发现，只有当堕胎在医学和法律上被描述为一种有意行为时，当代的 "堕胎 "概念才会出现。因此，正如论坛三篇文章的摘要所示，关于堕胎的故事曾经并将继续有能力塑造堕胎的意义、历史甚至法律地位。

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期刊介绍： Gender & History is now established as the major international journal for research and writing on the history of femininity and masculinity and of gender relations. Spanning epochs and continents, Gender & History examines changing conceptions of gender, and maps the dialogue between femininities, masculinities and their historical contexts. The journal publishes rigorous and readable articles both on particular episodes in gender history and on broader methodological questions which have ramifications for the discipline as a whole.