CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Becerra, Gladys Adriana |
|---|---|
| Title | Reproductive Rights and Cognitive Disability: Analysis of Sterilization Policies in Colombia |
| Summary | This thesis presents an analysis of Colombia’s legal stance on the surgical sterilization of people with cognitive disabilities, through an examination of the Colombian Constitutional Court theory on cognitive disability and autonomy. I suggest here that the Court’s framing of involuntary sterilizations as a mechanism that protects people’s physical and moral integrity conditions the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights in Colombia to models of individual autonomy that rely on negative tropes around disability and cognitive impairments, and which exclude disenfranchised groups from societal participation and do not recognize their moral worth. In addition, this thesis explores the importance of incorporating disability as a category of analysis and a system of representation into feminist theory, and presents some recommendations to national legislations in order to create better decision-making frameworks for people with cognitive disabilities and mental illnesses. |
| Supervisor | Kahlina, Katja |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/becerra_gladys.pdf |
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