In recent years, progressive decisions have been made concerning abortion in Latin America, which impacts the lives of millions of women. The mobilisation and framing of abortion by social movements have been a part of these changes. This thesis investigates the abortion movement in Colombia, who legalised abortion this year, by studying how proponents and opponents of the movement uses human rights frames in their campaigns. The purpose of the paper is to determine if and what types of human rights frames are used, and by which groups. Through a qualitative content analysis of documents from 10 organisations for and against abortion, an analytical framework building on previous research is constructed and applied on the material. The result shows that human rights frames are used by the majority of the organisations. Supporting previous research, women’s right to health and autonomy are frames widely used by proponents and the right to life by opponent groups. However, the result also contrasted earlier studies as opponent organisations didn’t use foetus or children as right-holders. The findings contribute to the research field of social movements and human rights frames by gaining a deepened understanding of how proponents and opponents of the abortion movement interact and which frames that are more central in the debate.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-475399 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Lefvert, Julia |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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