In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina
In 1954, a court in Buenos Aires acquitted Elena Teotina Haedo de Gaitán and the midwife Catalina Fuccia of the crime of abortion, using a legal concept known as the “attempt of impossible abortion”. In their reasoning, the judges indicated that the pregnancy in question was impossible to verify sci...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Clio
2017
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In 1954, a court in Buenos Aires acquitted Elena Teotina Haedo de Gaitán and the midwife Catalina Fuccia of the crime of abortion, using a legal concept known as the “attempt of impossible abortion”. In their reasoning, the judges indicated that the pregnancy in question was impossible to verify scientifically and medically. This article explores the application of anti-abortion legislation in Argentina at mid-century, a period that historians have characterized as pronatalist. From the analysis of the judicial processes surrounding abortion, we consider different forms of control over women’s bodies and reproduction. |
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