Abortion and Family Politics as Vehicles for Illiberal Transformation

• In Event: Gendered Convulsions in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding Their Links with Global Illiberalism, Ethnonationalism, and Populism

Abstract

Focusing on pronatalist campaigns and efforts to create neotraditional families, this paper considers the rise of illiberal gender politics in Russia. It invites dialogue with scholars writing about global concerns over falling fertility and changing demographics to explores similarities and differences between anti-abortion campaigns, family politics, and illiberalism in Russia, Europe, and the U.S.

Author

• Michele Rivkin-Fish, UNC at Chapel Hill