Replication data for: [Social Movements and Human Rights Language in Abortion Debates]

This study empirically examines the ways in which anti- and pro-abortion rights actors utilize human rights frames with varying success in getting them repeated by the news media in the different legal terrains of the Republic of Ireland and Canada. Given the results of a content analysis of 1,100 news articles on abortion from six newspapers spanning five years (2009-2014) during periods of relative policy stability in these two countries, this article suggests that social movement actors who feel their voices have been ignored in their domestic contexts may find human rights frames helpful in attracting news media attention. This finding has implications for the way in which international human rights language can be harnessed by diverse actors and employed domestically in battles over women’s rights.本研究实证考察了反堕胎与支持堕胎权利行动者如何运用人权框架（human rights frames），并在爱尔兰共和国与加拿大这两个法律场域存在差异的国家中，以不同程度的成效推动新闻媒体对这些框架进行转载报道。本研究基于对两国政策相对稳定时期（2009年至2014年）内，6家报纸刊载的1100篇涉堕胎新闻文章开展的内容分析结果，指出：若社会运动行动者在本国语境中感到自身声音被忽视，人权框架或可助力其获得新闻媒体的关注。该研究发现对于多元行动者如何运用国际人权话语，并将其应用于本国女性权利维权斗争具有重要启示意义。