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« For the women » ‐ In Memoriam Simone Veil (1927–2017)
Author(s) -
Barthold Charles,
Corvellec Hervé
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/gwao.12232
Subject(s) - abortion , human sexuality , philosophy , right to life , law , sociology , gender studies , political science , human rights , biology , pregnancy , genetics
This In Memoriam presents the life of Simone Veil, an influential French politician, remembered for a law that made abortion legal in 1974. Simone Veil's contribution to the rights of women is featured as an instance of parrhesia (Foucault, 2011) that was able to establish a new regime of truth about the body, sexuality, and reproductive capacities of French women.