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2. Capturing the Moment: The Barbados Experience of Abortion Law Reform -- An Interview with Dame Billie Miller
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Billie Miller,Dame (Author) and Parris,Nicole (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2012
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social and Economic Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 61(3) : 39-58
- Notes:
- Looks at Barbados's experience of abortion law reform undertaken in the 1980s. The movement was led by then Cabinet Minister and lawyer Billie Miller. Documents the nuances, important moments, key strategies and major players in the reform movement, and highlights the critical role that Miller played in getting the Medical Termination Act passed in 1983. Background information on the situation of Barbadian women and the nature of parliamentary governance at that time is also addressed in order to give context to the politics surrounding the issue.
3. Fighting a Losing Battle? Defending Women's Reproductive Rights in Twenty-First Century Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Maxwell,Shakira (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2012
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social and Economic Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 61(3) : 95-115
- Notes:
- Examines recent aspects of the debate on the legalisation of abortion in Jamaica. Highlights the recommendations of the Abortion Policy Review Group which reviewed health implications in Jamaica and assessed existing laws in the wider Caribbean on abortion. Using feminist analysis the paper also explores the challenges faced by those arguing for legislative reform on abortion services in Jamaica within the larger framework of reproductive health and rights.
4. Legal but Inaccessible: Abortion In Guyana
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Nunes,Fred (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2012
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social and Economic Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 61(3) : 59-94
- Notes:
- Seventeen years after Guyana introduced a positive, liberal abortion law, the government, professional bodies and civil society together have failed to give any leadership in implementing that law. How can one explain that after an outstanding campaign of extensive ministerial and parliamentary consultation, as well as widespread engagement from religious organisations and the media, so little has been done by way of implementing the law? This paper seeks to trace some aspects of the campaign for law reform and to learn from the difficulties of providing services over the last seventeen years.