The Origins of the Soviet Decree of Legalization of Abortion (1920)
Soviet Russia, at the initiative of working women, was the first country in the world to legalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and to allow its free practice in public hospitals, even though the Russian feminist organizations of that time did not include this demand in their programs. The...
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I10-R362-article-230082019-03-27T13:13:54Z The Origins of the Soviet Decree of Legalization of Abortion (1920) Los orígenes del decreto soviético de legalización del aborto (1920) Frencia, Cintia Gaido, Daniel Fernando Bolshevik revolution Legalization of abortion Contraception Pregnancy planning Liberation of women Revolución bolchevique Legalización del aborto Anticoncepción Planificación del embarazo Liberación de la mujer Soviet Russia, at the initiative of working women, was the first country in the world to legalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and to allow its free practice in public hospitals, even though the Russian feminist organizations of that time did not include this demand in their programs. The Soviet decree of legalization of abortion crowned a whole series of legislative measures aimed at establishing legal equality between women and men, as well as ensuring the legal protection of working women. In this article, we describe the process that concluded in the adoption of such legislation and briefly analyze the results of its application in Russia. The legalization of abortion was justified by the representatives of the Soviet government as a measure required by the precarious situation in which working-class and peasant women found themselves, although there was a debate in Soviet Russia about the reasons and the justification of abortion that we tried to document in the present work. Likewise, we include as appendices a translation into Spanish of the Soviet decree of legalization of abortion and of the theses of Nikolai Semashko, the People's Commissar of Public Health, on the position of Soviet Russia about maternal and child protection and about abortion. La Rusia soviética, a iniciativa de las mujeres trabajadoras, fue el primer país en el mundo en legalizar la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo y en permitir su práctica gratuita en hospitales públicos, aun cuando las organizaciones feministas rusas de aquel entonces no incluían dicha demanda en sus programas. El decreto soviético de legalización del aborto coronó toda una serie de medidas legislativas destinadas a instaurar la igualdad legal entre la mujer y el hombre, así como a asegurar la protección legal de las mujeres trabajadoras. En este artículo describimos el proceso que concluyó en la adopción de dicha legislación y analizamos brevemente los resultados de su aplicación en Rusia. La legalización del aborto fue justificada por los representantes del gobierno soviético como una medida requerida por la precaria situación en la que se encontraban las mujeres trabajadoras y campesinas, si bien existió un debate en la Rusia soviética sobre los motivos y la justificación del aborto que intentamos documentar en el presente trabajo. Asimismo, incluimos como apéndices una traducción al español del decreto soviético de legalización del aborto y de las tesis de Nikolai Semashko, el Comisario del Pueblo de Salud Pública, acerca de la posición de la Rusia soviética sobre el tema de la protección maternal e infantil y del aborto. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2019-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/23008 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n14.23008 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; Núm. 14 (2018); 26-52 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n14 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/23008/22750 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/23008/22751 Derechos de autor 2019 Cintia Frencia, Daniel Fernando Gaido |
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Bolshevik revolution Legalization of abortion Contraception Pregnancy planning Liberation of women Revolución bolchevique Legalización del aborto Anticoncepción Planificación del embarazo Liberación de la mujer |
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Soviet Russia, at the initiative of working women, was the first country in the world to legalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and to allow its free practice in public hospitals, even though the Russian feminist organizations of that time did not include this demand in their programs. The Soviet decree of legalization of abortion crowned a whole series of legislative measures aimed at establishing legal equality between women and men, as well as ensuring the legal protection of working women. In this article, we describe the process that concluded in the adoption of such legislation and briefly analyze the results of its application in Russia. The legalization of abortion was justified by the representatives of the Soviet government as a measure required by the precarious situation in which working-class and peasant women found themselves, although there was a debate in Soviet Russia about the reasons and the justification of abortion that we tried to document in the present work. Likewise, we include as appendices a translation into Spanish of the Soviet decree of legalization of abortion and of the theses of Nikolai Semashko, the People's Commissar of Public Health, on the position of Soviet Russia about maternal and child protection and about abortion. |
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