‘Women’s Legal Rights to Abortion: Watch Out!’
FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ

PART 1: Abortion in Historical Context

1 Debating Therapeutic Abortion in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
JOLIEN GIJBELS

2 The ‘Birth’ of a Modern Nation: A Brief History of Women’s Access to Abortion in China
CHANG LIU AND KAILING XIE

PART 2: Abortion, Politics, and Social Policy

3 Abortion: The Contraception Paradox in England
ANN FUREDI

4 A Bilingual Analysis of Canada’s Bill C-484: The Unborn Victims of Crime Act
ANNE-MARIE RIVARD

PART 3: Abortion and Legislation

5 Birth Control Policies and Abortion Issues in Post-Communist Russia
BORIS DENISOV AND VICTORIA SAKEVICH

6 Abortion Law in Italy: A Pluralist Legislation Lacking Effectiveness?
LUCIA BUSATTA

PART 4: Abortion, Culture, and Traditions

7 Rising Tides, Ebbing Tides: Appeasement Rituals Around Perinatal Death in Contemporary Japan
CARINA ROTH

8 The Evolving Personhood of the Foetus in Taiwan Within the Transnational Flow
GRACE CHENG-YING LIN

PART 5: The Role of Healthcare Professionals

9 Abortion Versus Contraception: The Roots of a Terminological Professional Debate
PILAR LEON-SANZ

10 Abortion in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ