Political Parties and Abortion: Analysis based on Pronouncements in the House of Representatives of Brazil and Uruguay (1985-2016)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-6568/2021-N59-1502


Keywords:

Abortion
legislative power
political parties
Brazil
Uruguay.

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Issue: Vol. 20 No. 59 (2021): Re-imaginando diversidad en la academia, en tiempos de activismo feminista y pandemia
Section: Resultados de investigacion

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between the party affiliation of parliamentarians and their respective positions regarding abortion. To carry out this research is based on an analysis of the pronouncements of the parliamentarians in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil and of Uruguay, between 1985-2016. The text is divided into three sections: in the first, we present the methodological elements adopted; in the other sections, we examine the formation of the party systems in Brazil and Uruguay and analyze how the positions on abortion were expressed, according to party affiliation.

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Luis Gustavo Teixeira da Silva
Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel)

Author Biography

Luis Gustavo Teixeira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel)

Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Professor do Departamento de Sociologia e Política da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (DESP/UFPel).

da Silva, L. G. T. (2021). Political Parties and Abortion: Analysis based on Pronouncements in the House of Representatives of Brazil and Uruguay (1985-2016). Polis (Santiago), 20(59). https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-6568/2021-N59-1502

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