I’m beyond grateful to my interviewees and the other people along the way who helped me, especially @paytongannon.bsky.social @cerencevik.bsky.social @keonhison.bsky.social and more! I’d love to hear your thoughts if you read the article! Reprosky gendersky polisky

You can find the full article in Social Politics here: doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...

…to pregnant people or the experts charged with caring for them. I conclude the piece by offering policy recommendations on how the administration of the current policy could be improved without needing to fundamentally change the law governing abortion in Italy.

These doctors are not necessarily against abortion, but they decline to provide abortion care because doing so harms their careers and is met by judgment and ostracism from their peers. Both pro- and anti-abortion doctors agree that the public health system doesn’t provide enough support…

Bringing together the literature on abortion policy, public administration, and religion in politics, I found that it’s hard to access abortion in Italy because of the working conditions facing abortion doctors there.

If this topic interests you, check out the rest of the articles in the special issue! siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/id...

...depending on the region in which they live. You can read the whole article here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/id...
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...conscientious objection within one hospital or hospital system, the regions are able to provide different levels of abortion access. In turn, doctors who provide abortions have much more or less positive experiences in their jobs, and patients have an easier or harder time accessing care... 3/

We quickly realized that what was standard procedure in one place was not necessarily the case in another region, and we dug deeper to determine why regions were implementing the same law in different ways. In the end, we see that due to local administrative choices and cultural norms of... 2/

I am especially excited for the publication of @dmpullan.bsky.social's and my article “'In Italy, we have a saying: make the law and you will find a way to cheat it.' The Regionalized Implementation of Italian Abortion Policies."
Read it here: tinyurl.com/3fu5khpu

Check out the full lineup -- all of these articles are available for free, because IdPS publishes open access through the Università del Salento press!
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We have had the pleasure of working with sharp scholars & capable editors as we guest edited this issue over the last year. Spanning geographies, levels of analysis, and methods, this issue asks: why are some countries taking steps to liberalize abortion rights, while others are rolling them back?

Who doesn't love plots!