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Beatriz Urías Horcasitas, « Eugenics and abortion in Mexico (1920–1940) », Problèmes d'Amérique latine, ID : 10670/1.g4z6vw
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In Mexico, debates over the regulation of abortion in the years following the 1910 revolution were interpreted in light of nation-building and identity. Post-revolutionary power was built on eugenicist rationality and morality. The idea of practicing eugenic abortions to select the population, purifying it from venereal or hereditary diseases, was a constituent part of the debates that oriented subsequent health and hygiene policies. Although the new revolutionary morality was defined in radical opposition to religious principles, it nevertheless coincided perfectly with the Church’s views on assigning women to motherhood, prohibiting them from opting for an abortion, and exercising control over their sexuality.