Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq is Professor of Contemporary British Studies. She is a member of the research group Histoire et Dynamique des espaces anglophones (HDEA) at Paris-Sorbonne University. She conducted comparative research for the European Commission (Daphne II programme) for five years. She authored Sexualités et maternités des adolescentes: voix anglaises et écossaises (2009), and co-authored Les Politiques de jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France (2012).This is her third book with Routledge and her latest publication is Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective, Continuity and Change (2020).

• ‘Women’s Legal Rights to Abortion: Watch Out!’ FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQPART 1: Abortion in Historical Context1 Debating Therapeutic Abortion in Nineteenth-Century BelgiumJOLIEN GIJBELS2 The ‘Birth’ of a Modern Nation: A Brief History of Women’s Access to Abortion in ChinaCHANG LIU AND KAILING XIEPART 2: Abortion, Politics, and Social Policy3 Abortion: The Contraception Paradox in EnglandANN FUREDI4 A Bilingual Analysis of Canada’s Bill C-484: The Unborn Victims of Crime ActANNE-MARIE RIVARDPART 3: Abortion and Legislation5 Birth Control Policies and Abortion Issues in Post-Communist RussiaBORIS DENISOV AND VICTORIA SAKEVICH6 Abortion Law in Italy: A Pluralist Legislation Lacking Effectiveness?LUCIA BUSATTAPART 4: Abortion, Culture, and Traditions7 Rising Tides, Ebbing Tides: Appeasement Rituals Around Perinatal Death in Contemporary JapanCARINA ROTH8 The Evolving Personhood of the Foetus in Taiwan Within the Transnational FlowGRACE CHENG-YING LINPART 5: The Role of Healthcare Professionals9 Abortion Versus Contraception: The Roots of a Terminological Professional DebatePILAR LEON-SANZ10 Abortion in Times of the Covid-19 PandemicFABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ

Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq is Professor of Contemporary British Studies. She is a member of the research group Histoire et Dynamique des espaces anglophones (HDEA) at Paris-Sorbonne University. She conducted comparative research for the European Commission (Daphne II programme) for five years. She authored Sexualités et maternités des adolescentes: voix anglaises et écossaises (2009), and co-authored Les Politiques de jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France (2012).This is her third book with Routledge and her latest publication is Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective, Continuity and Change (2020).

• ‘Women’s Legal Rights to Abortion: Watch Out!’ FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQPART 1: Abortion in Historical Context1 Debating Therapeutic Abortion in Nineteenth-Century BelgiumJOLIEN GIJBELS2 The ‘Birth’ of a Modern Nation: A Brief History of Women’s Access to Abortion in ChinaCHANG LIU AND KAILING XIEPART 2: Abortion, Politics, and Social Policy3 Abortion: The Contraception Paradox in EnglandANN FUREDI4 A Bilingual Analysis of Canada’s Bill C-484: The Unborn Victims of Crime ActANNE-MARIE RIVARDPART 3: Abortion and Legislation5 Birth Control Policies and Abortion Issues in Post-Communist RussiaBORIS DENISOV AND VICTORIA SAKEVICH6 Abortion Law in Italy: A Pluralist Legislation Lacking Effectiveness?LUCIA BUSATTAPART 4: Abortion, Culture, and Traditions7 Rising Tides, Ebbing Tides: Appeasement Rituals Around Perinatal Death in Contemporary JapanCARINA ROTH8 The Evolving Personhood of the Foetus in Taiwan Within the Transnational FlowGRACE CHENG-YING LINPART 5: The Role of Healthcare Professionals9 Abortion Versus Contraception: The Roots of a Terminological Professional DebatePILAR LEON-SANZ10 Abortion in Times of the Covid-19 PandemicFABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ

Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq is Professor of Contemporary British Studies. She is a member of the research group Histoire et Dynamique des espaces anglophones (HDEA) at Paris-Sorbonne University. She conducted comparative research for the European Commission (Daphne II programme) for five years. She authored Sexualités et maternités des adolescentes: voix anglaises et écossaises (2009), and co-authored Les Politiques de jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France (2012).This is her third book with Routledge and her latest publication is Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective, Continuity and Change (2020).

• ‘Women’s Legal Rights to Abortion: Watch Out!’ FABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQPART 1: Abortion in Historical Context1 Debating Therapeutic Abortion in Nineteenth-Century BelgiumJOLIEN GIJBELS2 The ‘Birth’ of a Modern Nation: A Brief History of Women’s Access to Abortion in ChinaCHANG LIU AND KAILING XIEPART 2: Abortion, Politics, and Social Policy3 Abortion: The Contraception Paradox in EnglandANN FUREDI4 A Bilingual Analysis of Canada’s Bill C-484: The Unborn Victims of Crime ActANNE-MARIE RIVARDPART 3: Abortion and Legislation5 Birth Control Policies and Abortion Issues in Post-Communist RussiaBORIS DENISOV AND VICTORIA SAKEVICH6 Abortion Law in Italy: A Pluralist Legislation Lacking Effectiveness?LUCIA BUSATTAPART 4: Abortion, Culture, and Traditions7 Rising Tides, Ebbing Tides: Appeasement Rituals Around Perinatal Death in Contemporary JapanCARINA ROTH8 The Evolving Personhood of the Foetus in Taiwan Within the Transnational FlowGRACE CHENG-YING LINPART 5: The Role of Healthcare Professionals9 Abortion Versus Contraception: The Roots of a Terminological Professional DebatePILAR LEON-SANZ10 Abortion in Times of the Covid-19 PandemicFABIENNE PORTIER-LE COCQ