Class Year
2016
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Publication Date
Spring 2016
Department 1
Anthropology
Abstract
Discourse on women's reproductive rights through the lens of Muslim culture. The use of contraception, assisted fertility and abortion, are analyzed in Iran and Afghanistan. The culture surrounding family planning is detailed through a woman’s community, family, religion and the laws that govern the society they live in, which all influence her decision making in these matters. This piece stands as a cultural analysis of women's agency specifically in Middle Eastern Muslim culture, as it stands as a part of a global women's rights movement.
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Recommended Citation
Jacobsen, Hayley, "Contraception, Abortion and Assisted Fertility Among Muslim Women A Look at Islamic Culture and Policy in Iran and Afghanistan" (2016). What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World. 10.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/islamandwomen/10
Included in
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Commons, Health Policy Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, Obstetrics and Gynecology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Social Policy Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Comments
This paper was written for Professor Amy Evrard's course, ANTH 218: Islam and Women, Spring 2016.