Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 投稿命中率-刊鹿论文编译

The misrepresentation of conscientious objection as a new strategy of resistance to abortion decriminalisation

Abstract:

In Latin America, a region where abortion is highly restricted, activism in sexual and reproductive rights has managed to advance a progressive agenda in various fields, although these conquests are receding in some contexts. In Chilean history, abortion for therapeutic reasons was allowed until 1989, when a complete ban on abortion was established at the end of the military regime. It was not until August 2017, 23 years after the return of democracy, that Congress decriminalised abortion on three grounds: risk to the life of the pregnant woman, rape, and cases where the foetus is non-viable. The law opened a strong debate about the scope and eligibility for the right to conscientious objection, not only for an individual, but also on an institutional basis. When initially approved by Congress, the bill only included the right to individual conscientious objection for the surgeon who would perform the abortion and the rest of the professional staff present in the surgical ward during the intervention. It prohibited institutional conscientious objection: “Conscientious objection is of a personal nature and in no case may it be invoked by an institution”. However, before publication of the law in 2017, the terms were modified by the Constitutional Court to recognise institutional conscientious objection. The right to object was also extended to non-professional health personnel working in the surgical ward. Moreover, the Constitutional Court eliminated, without explanation, the rule that prevented the objector from excusing himself or herself in cases of imminent expiration of the established deadline in the event of rape, and only maintained the exception in the event that the woman’s life was at risk and requiring imminent and unpostponable care. According to the Constitutional Court ruling, the invocation of conscientious objection by institutions is based not only on recognition of the confessional tenets of religious institutions or legal entities protected under the freedom of conscience and religion clause (Article 19 N°6 of the Constitution), but also on the freedom granted to educational establishments that hold those ideals (Article 19 N°11), on the right to freedom of association (Article 19 N°15), and on the protection of the autonomy of intermediate groups (Article 1 N°3). An intermediate group is any formal or informal association of individuals, the word “intermediate” alluding to the position these groups occupy between the individual and the State. The protection of intermediate groups under Article 1 has a history associated with the Chilean dictatorship, under which the Pinochet regime enacted a neoliberal Constitution in reaction to what was understood as the threat of a Marxist totalitarian State. The protection of intermediate groups, together with the doctrine of the subsidiary State, gave a strong guarantee of economic freedoms and the protection of property rights, which boosted the development of private medicine. This led to a radical change in the way of thinking about health in Chile, which is captured, to an important extent, by a market-oriented logic. A second decision of the Constitutional Court on conscientious objection, issued in January of 2019, made this explicit: “ ... the current Constitution does not give the State a ‘preferent’ role in the provision of health care services, but entrusts this operation COMMENTARY

Author Listing： Verónica Undurraga;Michelle Sadler

Volume： 27

Pages： 17 - 19

DOI： 10.1080/26410397.2019.1610280

Language： English

Journal： Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

影响因子：2.6

是否综述期刊：否

是否OA：是

是否预警：不在预警名单内

发行时间：-

ISSN：2641-0397

发刊频率：-

收录数据库：Scopus收录/DOAJ开放期刊

出版国家/地区：United Kingdom

出版社：Taylor & Francis

期刊介绍

年发文量	17
国人发稿量	-
国人发文占比	0%
自引率	3.8%
平均录取率	-
平均审稿周期	16 Weeks
版面费	-
偏重研究方向	Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
期刊官网	https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/zrhm21/current
投稿链接	-

质量指标占比

研究类文章占比	OA被引用占比	撤稿占比	出版后修正文章占比
94.12%	99.44%	-	-

预警情况

时间	预警情况
2025年03月发布的2025版	不在预警名单中
2024年02月发布的2024版	不在预警名单中
2023年01月发布的2023版	不在预警名单中
2021年12月发布的2021版	不在预警名单中
2020年12月发布的2020版	不在预警名单中

JCR分区 WOS分区等级：Q2区

版本	按学科	分区
WOS期刊SCI分区（2021-2022年最新版）
	PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH	Q2

中科院分区

版本	大类学科	小类学科	Top期刊	综述期刊
	医学 3区	PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生 2区	否	否
2021年12月升级版	医学 3区	PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生 3区	否	否
2022年12月最新升级版	医学 2区	PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生 2区	否	否