Abortion in the state of exception: Weak resistance and unheroic reproductive solidarity in Poland

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dc.abstract.enIn the current revival of fundamental ist right-wing poli tics globally, Poland occupies an important place given the struggles for abortion and reproductive justice that have been ongoing there since 2016. Together with Mexi can, Argentinian, South Korean, and Italian women, Polish feminists contributed to creat ing the International Women’s Strike, which later spread throughout the globe, uniting movements in seventy countries. This article discusses the hero isms imposed by the conserva tive governments on women, who have to give birth “no matter what,” as well as on men, who are told to “defend their fatherland.” Such acute, gendered demands for hero ism also perpet u ate the binary heteromatrix, further marginal iz ing LGBTQIA+ peo ple and groups. Recent Pol ish strug gles have contrib uted to the shift in feminist proabortion narratives from the liberal one, centered on choice, to others more preoccupied with reproduc tive justice. This article argues that the recent legal limi ta tions on access to abortion in Poland and other countries are central to the current effort to reestablish the rule of the state of excep tion. It also analyzes the weak resistance of grassroots feminist movements organizing for reproductive justice. The refusal to partic i pate in heroic politics requires not only work for better access to abortion but also an alternative kind of subject formation, here tenta tively defined as “unheroic,” as well as politics of weak resistance
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Humanistycznych
dc.contributor.authorMajewska, Ewa
dc.date.access2024-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T10:50:23Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T10:50:23Z
dc.date.created2024
dc.date.issued2024-04-01
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2021/43/B/HS2/00579
dc.description.granttitlePubliczni wbrew woli. Wytwarzanie podmiotu w archiwach akcji "Hiacynt"
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical14-25
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume7
dc.identifier.doi10.1215/26410478-11082932
dc.identifier.eissn2641-0478
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/740
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o kulturze i religii
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enabortion
dc.subject.enfeminist theory
dc.subject.encritical legal studies
dc.subject.enreproductive justice
dc.subject.enstate of exception
dc.subject.enweak resis tance
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titleAbortion in the state of exception: Weak resistance and unheroic reproductive solidarity in Poland
dc.title.journalCritical Times
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle