Abstract

GUTIERREZ MORALES, Irma Mariana. Argumentative Plots in Legislative Debate on Abortion. Desacatos [online]. 2013, n.43, pp.67-84. ISSN 2448-5144.

This paper reports the argumentative plots built by local legislators in the debates that took place from November 2006 to April 2007 in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, Mexico, concerning of local Penal Code reforms, proposed to decriminalize abortion. After the argumentative analysis of the debates in plenary, it is intended to recreate the discursive interaction among speakers, as part of their political strategies, personal and collective. It shows how positions and points of view on the issues discussed are justified by argumentative plots, and how alliances and confrontations are established among the parliamentary groups.

Keywords : abortion; arguments; parliamentary debates; deputies; legal pregnancy interruption; discourse analysis.