Abortion, Counter-Mobilizaton and Communication Strategies Against the Expansion of Rights in Mexico

The article studies the communication strategies of counter-mobilization against women´s right to decide on their own bodies in Mexico. Basing our analysis on the situation staged in the state of Veracruz in 2018, we argue that conservative organizations take advantage of the mediation opportunity s...

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Autor: López, Jairo Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx:article/621
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/621
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Abortion
Mediation
Conservative Counter-Movement
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
contramovimientos conservadores
aborto
mediación
Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos.
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Sumario:The article studies the communication strategies of counter-mobilization against women´s right to decide on their own bodies in Mexico. Basing our analysis on the situation staged in the state of Veracruz in 2018, we argue that conservative organizations take advantage of the mediation opportunity structures provided by online social networks and the media to circulate of ideas, following strategies for adapting their arguments to national and subnational political contexts. By combining digital ethnography and public discourse analysis, we identified two types of messages that were echoed in legislative discussions that prevented the decriminalization of abortion in the state: 1) external pressure and interference to impose agendas; 2) the comparison of abortion as an exacerbation of the context of death and organized crime.