Contested Pictures of Persuasion : American Images of Foetuses in Swedish Antiabortion Campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s
This chapter explores the circulation, use and public discussion of images of human foetuses travelling from the US to Sweden in the period before and after the introduction of abortion on demand in Sweden in 1975. In this period, new antiabortion groups formed and started to use graphic images of aborted foetuses in their campaigns. This chapter highlights the transnational and transmedial charac