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Claiming Rosa Parks: conservative Catholic bids for ‘rights’ in contemporary Latin America

Morgan, Lynn M.·2014·Culture, Health & Sexuality
DOI 10.1080/13691058.2014.885086
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Abstract

When the Rosa Parks Prize was awarded to a conservative Argentine senator in 2009 for her outspoken opposition to contraception, sterilisation and abortion, it was clear that something odd was happening. This paper documents the appropriation of 'human rights' discourses by conservative Catholics in Latin America, where the recent success of reproductive and sexual rights social movements has generated a significant backlash. It specifically traces an effort by Catholic legal scholars to justify what they term 'a distinctively Latin American approach to human rights' while ignoring decades of human rights activism by others. Opponents of reproductive and sexual rights are deploying rights-talk selectively and strategically, it is argued, using this as secular cover to advance pro-life and pro-family policies.

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Authors
Morgan, L. M.
Affiliations
Mount Holyoke College (US)
Corresponding author
Morgan, Lynn M.
ORCID
Morgan, Lynn M.
Venue
Culture, Health & Sexuality
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2014-03-04
Volume
16
Issue
10
Pages
1245-1259
ISSN
  • 1369-1058 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-5351
DOI
10.1080/13691058.2014.885086
OpenAlex
W1998407007
Cited by
45
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Culture Health & Sexuality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society in Latin America
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminism, Gender, and Social Issues
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
Keywords
Catholic conservatism, human rights discourse, reproductive rights, sexual rights, abortion, contraception, sterilization, backlash, Catholic legal scholars, pro-family policy, Latin America, Argentina
MeSH terms
Abortion, Induced, Awards and Prizes, Catholicism, Contraception, Female, Humans, Human Rights, Latin America, Morals, Politics, Religion and Sex, Sterilization, Reproductive, Women's Rights, Reproductive Rights

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