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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openedition-oai:revues.org:cliowgh_566 https://doi.org/10.4000/cliowgh.566 urn:doi:10.4000/cliowgh.566 en https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh/566 2017-06-19T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e3sk All rights reserved In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina Clio Belin info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2554-3822 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh Cepeda, Agustina avortement justice tentative impossible péronisme politiques de population abortion justice impossible crime Peronism population policies 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. En 1954, la Cour d’appel de Buenos Aires acquitte Elena Teotina Haedo de Gaitán et la sage-femme Catalina Fuccia du délit d’avortement en invoquant la figure juridique de la « tentative d’avortement impossible », la grossesse étant scientifiquement et médicalement impossible à vérifier. Cet article examine l’application de la législation anti-avortement dans l’Argentine du milieu du xxe siècle, une Argentine considérée par l’historiographie comme pronataliste. L’analyse des processus judiciaires à l’œuvre permet également d’examiner les formes de tutelle sur le corps et la reproduction des femmes. |
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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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Cepeda, Agustina |
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Cepeda, Agustina |
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Cepeda, Agustina |
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In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina |
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In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina |
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In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina |
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In the days of the “toad test”: justice and abortion in mid-twentieth-century Argentina |
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