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Replication data for: [Social Movements and Human Rights Language in Abortion Debates]

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Replication data for: [Social Movements and Human Rights Language in Abortion Debates]
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Y6NWSJ
 
Creator Hunt, Kate
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This study empirically examines the ways in which anti- and pro-abortion rights actors utilize human rights frames with varying success in getting them repeated by the news media in the different legal terrains of the Republic of Ireland and Canada. Given the results of a content analysis of 1,100 news articles on abortion from six newspapers spanning five years (2009-2014) during periods of relative policy stability in these two countries, this article suggests that social movement actors who feel their voices have been ignored in their domestic contexts may find human rights frames helpful in attracting news media attention. This finding has implications for the way in which international human rights language can be harnessed by diverse actors and employed domestically in battles over women’s rights.
 
Subject Social Sciences
abortion
framing
human rights
 
Contributor Hunt, Kate