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Item type:Publication, The Chemical Geographies of Misoprostol: Spatializing Abortion Access from the Biochemical to the Global(Taylor & Francis, 2023-09-27)is a chemical that travels. Better known as misoprostol, it was designed as a stomach ulcer drug but is now used around the world as an abortion pill due to the self-experimentation of Latin American communities who were seeking ways to end unwanted pregnancies. We develop a chemical geography approach to misoprostol that allows us to scale inward to understand the chemical properties of this medication while also being able to scale out to understand how medicinal effects are interwoven with and determined by global politics. Misoprostol as a chemical alone does not guarantee a successful abortion and instead 'scaffolding' in the form of mobility and information is required to transform misoprostol from a chemical to a safe and effective technology of abortion. First, we examine how misoprostol is moved by feminist networks in Mexico and Peru. Second, we argue that in order to be useful it is not enough just to access the pills, information on how to use them is required. These themes culminate in our contribution of 'pharmacokinetical geographies'; the micro-geography of the placement of pharmaceuticals in and on a body and its ramifications. The chemical geographies of misoprostol tell a story of power, bodily autonomy, and resistance. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Beyond the State: Abortion Care Activism in Peru(University of Chicago Press, 2023-03-01)For abortion seekers, Peru is an uncaring state where legal and policy interventions have resulted in violence, persecution, and neglect. This state of abortion uncare is set within historic and ongoing denials of reproductive autonomy, coercive reproductive care, and the marginalization of abortion. Abortion is not supported, even where legally permissible. Here we explore abortion care activism within the Peruvian context, foregrounding a key mobilization that has emerged against a state of uncare—acompañante care work. Through interviews with people involved in abortion access and activism in Peru, we argue that acompañantes have constructed an infrastructure of abortion care by bringing together actors, technologies, and strategies. This infrastructure is shaped by a feminist ethic of care that differs from minority-world assumptions regarding high-quality abortion care in three key ways: first, care is provided beyond the state; second, care is holistic; and, finally, care is collective. We argue that US feminist debates relating to the emerging hyperrestrictive state of abortion uncare, as well as broader research on feminist care, can learn from acompañante activism strategically and conceptually.