# Center for Reproductive Rights cites Viterna's research in new report, Abortion and Reproductive Rights in Latin America: Implications for Democracy Sort ![Reproductive Rights in Latin America 2015 cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/viterna/files/repro-rights-report-2015.jpg) ## **“*We need to take a lesson from the anti-choice movement,* Viterna contended. *The anti-choice movement is tightly transnational, powerful, and wealthy.* She pointed to its many connections and activities, including its presence on news shows, as examples."** Viterna quoted in the Center for Reproductive Rights’ report, *[Abortion and Reproductive Rights in Latin America: Implications for Democracy](http://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/IAD9794%20Repro%20Rights_web.pdf)*, 2015. ## Viterna in the News [### JOCELYN VITERNA ](/jocelyn-viterna) Jocelyn Viterna is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Her current research examines how the passage of anti-abortion legislation in El Salvador transformed the Salvadoran legal, judicial, and medical systems, with powerful and negative... description [### SOCIOL 1000: Introduction to Sociology ](/sociol-1000-introduction-sociology) Spring 2025 This course introduces students to the complicated, conflictual, and often contradictory theoretical origins of sociology as a discipline. We begin by reading the standard sociological “canon”—Marx, Weber, and Durkheim—and interrogating why... description [### SOCIOL 3316: Politics and Social Change ](/sociol-3316-politics-and-social-change) Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 The Politics and Social Change Workshop promotes the development of a community of scholars interested in how power relations shape social patterns in societies around the world. We define ‘politics’ broadly to include everything... description ## **JOCELYN VITERNA** ### Professor of Sociology, Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Harvard University ![Viterna headshot 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/viterna/files/head_shot_jan_2023_0.jpeg) ## Contact Prof. Viterna [jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu](mailto:///jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu) [Office Hours Sign-up](https://calendly.com/viternastudents/officehours) [Department of Sociology](http://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/) 33 Kirkland Street William James Hall 480 Cambridge, MA 02138 Faculty Assistant: [Sandra Llewellyn](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/sandra-llewellyn) --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf iad9794\_repro\_rights\_web.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/viterna/files/iad9794_repro_rights_web.pdf) ---