History of Abortion in Italy
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- ISBN 9781041170594
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As a translation from L’aborto. Una storia, through the tools of political, social and cultural history, this volume traces the history of abortion practices in Italy through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
In 1978 the Italian Parliament approved Law 194, decriminalising abortion practices with precise rules. The law marked a deep break with the past, repealing Title X of the Fascist-era penal code. This volume talks about the past, going far beyond the mere history of the law starting from an innovative periodization that, while focusing on post-WWII Italy (to the present), highlights continuities and ruptures within the liberal age and particularly within the Fascist regime.
History of Abortion in Italy: From Fascism to Present will be of appeal to historians of political history; historians of European fascisms; historians of criminology interested in comparative history as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students, and to readers interested in understanding abortion rights and reproductive health in a global dimension.
Alessandra Gissi is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Naples L'Orientale (Italy). Her research focuses on women's and gender history, the history of bodies and reproduction, the history of domestic labour, the history of migrations.
Paola Stelliferi is Tenure Track Researcher at the University of Pisa (Italy). Her research explores the history of Modern Italy from a gender perspective. She has studied the women’s movements in 1970-1980s Italy, paying particular attention to the relationship between history, memory, and biography.
