Women's Right to Reproductive Self-Determination from the Perspective of Civil Law

This book explores the issue of abortion and women's rights in contemporary China. With a vast population, China's government has pursued controversial policies, such as the One Child Policy, in the past. Today, a rapidly urbanizing society is aging quickly, and the policies are loosening;...

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Main Author: Jiang, Weijun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book explores the issue of abortion and women's rights in contemporary China. With a vast population, China's government has pursued controversial policies, such as the One Child Policy, in the past. Today, a rapidly urbanizing society is aging quickly, and the policies are loosening; but what are the implications for Chinese women, and how do policies compare to those in the West? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Jiang eludicates the Chinese legal and social history of abortion for the first time in English. This book will be of interest to lawyers, NGO researchers, feminists and academics. Weijun Jiang is a researcher at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and holds a PhD in law from Beijing Normal University. She is among China's foremost scholars on reproductive policy and the law
Physical Description:XIV, 237 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789811927904