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SUMMARY: CGHR Salon: Politics of Choice in Eastern and Southern Europe - D
 r. Marcin Smietana\, Dr. Robert Pralat\, and Dr. Katie Dow\; Reproductive 
 Sociology Research Group
DTSTART:20161201T130000Z
DTEND:20161201T140000Z
UID:TALK69416@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Nikta Daijavad
DESCRIPTION:2016 has been a busy year for sexual rights and reproductive h
 ealth activists in Eastern and Southern Europe. Whilst in Romania the bigg
 est civic legislative proposal since 1989 gathered over 3 million signatur
 es to redefine the definition of family in the constitution to make it exp
 licit that marriage is between a man and a woman\, the Polish government h
 as been focusing on restraining even further the abortion law. Despite the
  Polish parliament’s vote against the bill on total ban on abortion in O
 ctober\, at the beginning of November the parliament adopted the new ‘Fo
 r Life’ bill. The bill includes payments aimed at reducing abortions. It
  encourages women to deliver a terminally ill or permanently damaged infan
 t for an allowance worth 4000PLN (around 1000EUR).\n\nJoin our salon talk 
 this Thursday to discuss the politics of choice in Eastern and Southern Eu
 rope and how governments (and civil society) continue to push their anti
 –sexual and reproductive health and rights agendas. We will be joined by
  Dr. Marcin Smietana\, Dr. Robert Pralat\, and Dr. Katie Dow from the Repr
 oductive Sociology Research Group.\n\nSuggested reading:\nWhy the Rise of 
 the European Right Spells Doom for Reproductive Health\nhttps://broadly.vi
 ce.com/en_us/article/why-the-rise-of-the-european-right-spells-doom-for-re
 productive-health\n\nPolish Women Protest Total Abortion Ban by Not Going 
 to Work\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-02/black-monday-as
 -polish-women-strike-against-total-abortion-ban\n\nWhy would Poland make i
 ts already strict abortion law draconian? \nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com
 /news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/04/18/why-would-poland-make-its-already-strict-a
 bortion-law-draconian/
LOCATION:Room 119\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
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