
The uneven battlefield of reproductive rights
Progressives have been too slow to appreciate the attack on reproductive rights in eastern Europe and the US.
Author profile

Andrea Pető is a historian and professor at the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna and a research affiliate of the CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest. Recent publications include Forgotten Massacre: Budapest 1944 (DeGruyter, 2021).

Progressives have been too slow to appreciate the attack on reproductive rights in eastern Europe and the US.

Women’s rights are under a dual attack: both the ‘neoliberal neopatriarchy’ and the reactionary anti-gender movements threaten to reverse hard-won gains in rights and equality.