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Exploring the Australian policy context relating to women’s reproductive choices
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posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by Melissa GrahamMelissa Graham, Hayley MckenzieHayley Mckenzie, Greer Lamaro HaintzGreer Lamaro HaintzThis study explored Australian federal level policy instruments which influence and impact on women’s reproductive choices and the consequences of those choices. A systematic policy search and mapping exercise was undertaken. Eighteen policy instruments were identified at the Federal level and were explored through a policy framework and thematic analysis. Findings indicate there are multiple layers of influence on women’s reproductive choices and the consequences of those choices, and the policy instruments interact in multiple dynamic, interconnected and contextual ways. Yet, they also lack cohesion and congruency, failing to account for women’s life circumstances while at the same time shifting the promoted position for women in each policy instrument. The policy instruments seek to regulate, control and selectively support women’s reproduction while simultaneously silencing, marginalising and reprimanding some groups of women.
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Policy studiesVolume
39Issue
2Pagination
145 - 164Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0144-2872eISSN
1470-1006Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2018, Informa UKUsage metrics
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