A queer phenomenological approach towards Filipino women’s digital and embodied encounters during abortion

• Main Author: Nicdao, Juleini Vivien
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Abortion; digital spaces; embodiment; Philippines; queer phenomenology; reproductive agency; Arts and Humanities; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Geography; Human Geography; Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/387; https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2129596
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The total criminalization and pervasive stigmatization of abortion in the Philippines constrain women’s reproductive agency. Furthermore, the intensification of regulatory biopolitical mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic also delimits women’s reproductive actions and decisions. Using a queer phe...