Introduction: Reproductive Justice and Transnational Feminism

Abstract

This volume represents a cross-disciplinary effort to understand transnational feminist struggles for reproductive justice. We use the concept of transnational feminism to grasp the emergence of a historical subject—feminism—that despite its heterogeneity constitutes a central voice in gendering democracy and engendering citizenship. We use the concept of reproductive justice to underline an understanding of struggles for abortion rights that expand and challenge liberal feminist notions of women’s choice. Finally, we explore the counter-movements and strategies to restrict access to abortion and suppress reproductive justice: specifically, the establishment of religious fundamentalist, right-wing and neofascist coalitions threatening women’s and sexual minorities’ rights worldwide.