Abortion in International Popular Culture

This edited volume analyzes depictions of abortion and reproductive justice in a variety of texts and contexts across Europe, Latin America, and North America. Contributors consider the impacts of these representations in popular culture on public policy, social opinion, and global reproductive justice. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Abortion in International Popular Culture: The Decision Heard Round the World examines representations of abortion and reproductive justice across a wide range of popular culture artifacts, literary texts, and activist movements across the world. Contributors analyze examples from Chile, Italy, Malta, Sweden, Canada, France, the U.K., Argentina, Ireland, and Poland to consider the relationships between art and public policy, the impact of American policy on global policy and pro-choice movements, and the transnational influence of cultural representations of abortion.