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The Resolution of Social Conflict between the Conservatives and the Progressives about Contraception Liberalization in France, 1956-1974

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2018, (38), pp.97~129
  • DOI : 10.51786/RCHF.2018.02.38.97
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : January 16, 2018
  • Accepted : February 18, 2018
  • Published : February 28, 2018

Min, You-ki 1

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ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the social conflicts between conservatism and progressivism with regard to the liberalization of contraception, and the process of resolving the conflicts in France in the mid-20th century. Since the mid-1950s, female activists launched a family planning campaign and called for the contraception liberalization supported by the Radical Party and the Socialist Party. In response to this demand, the Catholic Church, those who promote childbirth, the natalist association and the doctors' association caused social conflicts. The Communist Party which had advocated the legalization of abortion, opposed to the liberalization of contraception, but changed its position in 1965. The limited liberalization of contraception law was enacted in 1967 and the full liberalization of contraception was realized in 1974. The liberalization of contraception is considered to have extended women's rights and democracy and brought about the most significant change in women's life.

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