SWEDISH WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: TRANSFORMATION THROUGHOUT A CENTURY

© 2021 Sorokina E. A.

2021 – № 1 (21)


Citation link:

Sorokina E. A. (2021). Reproduktivnye prava shvedskih zhenshhin: tranformacija na protjazhenii stoletija [Swedish Women’s Reproductive Rights: Transformation throughout a Century]. Medicinskaja antropologija i biojetika [Medical Anthropology and Bioethics], 1 (21).


Author info:

Elena Sorokina, Cand. Hist. Sc., is a Senior Research Fellow of Mikluho-Maklai Institute for Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow).


Keywords: Sweden, reproductive practices, family, family policy, changes in gender roles

Abstract. The article analyzes certain aspects of the state family policy in Sweden. Tendencies in reproduction problems (such as the law on legalization of abortions) are reviewed in the context of the socirty’s general social-economic state. An attempt is made to analyze the problem of abortions legalization throughout the previous century, in connection with the general economic development of the country and the dynamics in public views. Obvious is the correlation between the social-economic state of the society and the degree of coping with particular social problems and achievement of certain social goals. This is also relevant to the practical formation processes of Swedish women’s reproductive rights and opportunities throughout the XX century.


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