CfP: Abortion in Asia

Transnational Asia: An Online Interdisciplinary Journal (based at Rice University) is calling for papers for a special issue. 

Abortion in Asia

Since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, the US has entered a time of uncertainty regarding maternal health, women’s access to abortion, and fetal (and embryonic) personhood, sharpening the divide between the two opposing camps of pro-life and pro-choice. In Asia, unlike the US, the issue of abortion rarely splits the nation in politics, culture, or religion. Why? Is this related to the historically formed relations between the genders? Is it related to healthcare systems in Asian countries? Are there social mechanisms that silence this issue? Or is this because we have not explored many debates on matters related to abortion in Asia? Transnational Asia is calling for papers that address issues of abortion, maternal health, and fetal personhood in Asia. We welcome papers across disciplinary approaches including history, anthropology, gender studies, social studies of health, religion, and political science, to state only a few. Prospective contributors are asked to send their abstracts by February 28, 2025, to transnational.asia[at]rice.edu.

More information at https://transnationalasia.rice.edu/index.php/ta/index.