Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America's Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region's recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas.

1 Abortion Rights Struggles in the Southern Cone: An Introduction, Part I. Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, 2 Abortion and Political Parties in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 3 Feminist Lawyers, Litigation, and the Fight for Abortion Rights in the Southern Cone, 4 Orange Hands and Green Kerchiefs: Affect and Democratic Politics in Two Transnational Symbols for Abortion Rights, 5 Moral Neoconservatism and Contemporary Politics: Argentina and Chile in Comparative Perspective, Part II. Uruguay, 6 Abortion in Uruguay in a New Political Scenario, 7 Women's Bodies, an Everlasting Battlefield?, Part III. Argentina, 8 Rights and Social Struggle: The Experience of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion in Argentina, 9 Social Media Discussion for #AbortoLegal in Argentina, 10 Transforming Abortion Access through Feminist Community-based Healthcare: A Case Study of the Socorristas en Red (feministas que abortamos) in Argentina, Part IV. Chile, 11. Abortion Legalization in Chile: The Academy as an Arena of Contestation, 12 12. "Multiple Meanings of a Feminist, Safe, and 'Territorialized' Abortion in Chile", Conclusion