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Reproductive Self-determination Is A Defining Human Rights Issue Of Our Time. Yet Reproductive Rights Are Regressing Even In Developed Democracies Where Women Have Secured Public Political Participation And Rising Workplace Equity. This Book Argues That Abortion Rights Backlash Represents A Patriarchal Political Struggle For Control Of The Private Sphere-not Lagging Tradition. Gender Rights Backlash Is Driven By Rising Forms Of Nationalism Reacting To Unequal Globalization-but Contested By Feminist Movements That Reclaim Democracy. Extending The Feminist Principle That The Personal Is Political To The Global Level, This Study Compares Divergent Outcomes In The Parallel Cases Of Ireland Vs. Poland, Argentina Vs. Brazil, And California Vs. Texas During The Critical Juncture Of 2018-2022. Abortion Rights Backlash Shows How The Fate Of Reproductive Rights-and The Millions Of Lives That Depend On Them-is Shaped By And Reshapes Democratic Freedoms, Representation, And Institutions. This Rich Historical Account Of Reproductive Rights Struggles On Three Continents Transforms Our Understanding Of Human Rights, The Quest For Collective Identity, The Contradictions Of Modernization, The Changing Role Of Religion, Democratic Backsliding, And The Global Dynamics Of Social Movements. The Study Of The Struggle For Reproductive Rights In A Changing World Yields Important Lessons For The Quest For Gender Justice Worldwide-- Provided By Publisher.