{"id":2511,"date":"2022-02-07T15:51:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T20:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:40:06","slug":"dr-megan-rivers-moore-on-abortion-in-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/2022\/dr-megan-rivers-moore-on-abortion-in-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore on Abortion in The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore on Abortion in The Conversation\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/womensstudies\/people\/megan-rivers-moore\/megan-rivers-moore-400x400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Megan-Rivers-Moore-400x400-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><i><\/i><i>Content Warning: the following text discusses abortion, miscarriage.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on her research in Latin America, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/womensstudies\/people\/megan-rivers-moore\/\">Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore<\/a> shares her observations and findings in <i>The Conversation<\/i>\u2019s article entitled \u201cIn Latin America, not only abortions but miscarriages can lead to jail time.\u201d The article highlights the inaccessibility and criminalization of services to terminate pregnancies.&nbsp; Dr. Rivers-Moore explains the alarming consequences and severity of the anti-abortion laws throughout the region and how women resort to self-induced abortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-latin-america-not-only-abortions-but-miscarriages-can-lead-to-jail-time-173719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Content Warning: the following text discusses abortion, miscarriage.&nbsp; Drawing on her research in Latin America, Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore shares her observations and findings in The Conversation\u2019s article entitled \u201cIn Latin America, not only abortions but miscarriages can lead to jail time.\u201d The article highlights the inaccessibility and criminalization of services to terminate pregnancies.&nbsp; 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