Religious and Politics in Argentina. Religious influence on parliamentary decisions on sexual and reproductive rights

ESQUIVEL, JUAN CRUZ

LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES

University of California

Lugar: Riverside; Año: 2016 vol. 43 p. 133 - 143

0094-582X

The paper aims at deepening the influence of religious institutions and religious convictions of parliamentarians in the definition of bills related to sexual and reproductive rights at the National Congress in Argentina. Artificial fertilization, sexual identity, decriminalization of abortion, gay-marriage, euthanasia, adoption of children by same-sex couples make up the universe of topics discussed, which in turn, enable a privileged entry to understand the complex linkages between religion and politics. The article concludes with the notion of a subsidiary ´laicity´ as an interpretative framework of triadic link between state, religious institutions and civil society in Argentina. Indizado en: SCOPUS, Social Sciences Citation Index, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Journal Citation Reports, Periodicals Index Online , ABI/INFORM, American History and Life, Public Affairs Index, Geobase, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Scimago, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.