Abortion legalization and neoconservative backlash in Argentina : a study of the discursive strategies employed by green and blue scarf activists

Abstract

This thesis analyzes empirical and cultural credibility of arguments employed by activists in favor and against abortion legalization in Argentina. Empirical credibility is associated with facts and data, while cultural credibility is related to shared morals and values. The project focuses on national cultural and historical contextualization of both movements, and on religious influence in contemporary conservative politics in Latin America. Moreover, it studies how both movements employ the same arguments with opposite meanings in order to contradict each other.