{"id":21379,"date":"2026-01-13T08:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i3-cnrs.fr\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=21379"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:52:32","slug":"the-csi-guests-seminar-welcomes-lucile-ruault-cermes3","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/i3-cnrs.fr\/en\/evenement\/the-csi-guests-seminar-welcomes-lucile-ruault-cermes3\/","title":{"rendered":"The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Lucile Ruault (Cermes3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CSI Guests Seminar welcome<\/p>\n

Lucile Ruault<\/span><\/p>\n

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to discuss her book<\/p>\n

Le sp\u00e9culum, la canule et le miroir<\/span><\/p>\n

Avorter au MLAC, une histoire entre f\u00e9minisme et m\u00e9decine<\/span><\/p>\n

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Introduction to the discussion by Lauranne Chaignon<\/a> and Mariam Beaure d\u2019Aug\u00e8res<\/a><\/p>\n

Quatri\u00e8me de couverture :<\/em> La promulgation de la loi relative \u00e0 l\u2019IVG en 1975 est un retournement majeur dans l\u2019histoire des femmes: l\u2019\u00c9tat parvient enfin \u00e0 r\u00e9guler la pratique abortive. Faisant de l\u2019acte une pr\u00e9rogative exclusive des m\u00e9decins, la \u00ab loi Veil \u00bb est un retour \u00e0 l\u2019ordre. Elle referme une phase d\u2019appropriation revendiqu\u00e9e des savoirs abortifs par des femmes ordinaires. Comment expliquer que, \u00e0 un moment de l\u2019histoire o\u00f9 la ma\u00eetrise de l\u2019avortement par le groupe social des femmes est \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main, cette possibilit\u00e9 tourne si rapidement court ?<\/p>\n

Pour \u00e9lucider cette \u00e9nigme, Lucile Ruault s\u2019int\u00e9resse au Mouvement pour la libert\u00e9 de l\u2019avortement et de la contraception (MLAC), et en particulier \u00e0 l\u2019action insoup\u00e7onn\u00e9e de groupes dissidents ayant poursuivi la pratique des aspirations abortives jusqu\u2019en 1984. En montrant que la constitution de l\u2019avortement en question sanitaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019enjeu de conflits, cette ethnographie historique tient ensemble la m\u00e9dicalisation de l\u2019avortement et les r\u00e9sistances \u00e0 ce processus par la pratique abortive profane, dans un sens f\u00e9ministe.<\/p>\n

The speculum, the cannula and the mirror. Abortion at the MLAC: A History of Feminism and Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The passing of the French abortion law in 1975 marked a significant milestone in women’s history, as the state finally succeeded in regulating abortion. By making the procedure the exclusive prerogative of doctors, the ‘Veil Law’ restored order. It brought to a close a phase in which ordinary women had claimed ownership of knowledge about abortion. But how can we explain the swift end to this possibility at a time when women were on the verge of taking control over abortion? <\/span><\/p>\n

In an attempt to shed light on this enigma, Lucile Ruault focuses on the Mouvement pour la libert\u00e9 de l\u2019avortement et de la contraception<\/em> (MLAC) [Movement for the Freedom of Abortion and Contraception] and, in particular, the covert activities of dissident groups who continued to perform abortions until 1984. This historical ethnography demonstrates that the establishment of abortion as a health issue was contentious, and brings together the medicalisation of abortion and resistance to this process through lay abortion practices in a feminist sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucile Ruault<\/strong>, Le sp\u00e9culum, la canule et le miroir. Avorter au MLAC, une histoire entre f\u00e9minisme et m\u00e9decine<\/em><\/a>. ENS \u00c9ditions, Coll. Perspectives Genre, 2023.<\/p>\n

Lucile Ruault is a sociologist and CNRS researcher at Cermes3 (CNRS UMR 8211, Inserm U988, EHESS, Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9).<\/p>\n

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The Guest Seminar Series is organized collectively by the CSI PhD students. It is open upon registration.<\/p>\n

Guest seminar series program<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Date: Tuesday February <\/strong>10, 2026<\/strong>,<\/strong> from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venue: room L218<\/b>.<\/strong> The link will be provided shortly before the seminar.<\/p>\n

Registration: \u00a0please fill out this form<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: Isaac Bariller<\/a> and Lauranne Chaignon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo source: Lucile Ruault, Cermes3<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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