Opposition to legalization of abortion as a means of social control

This paper arises from a theoretical and conceptual perspective in which the relationship between, two approaches converge and form part of the agenda of public discussion in contemporary society is discussed: abortion and social control. Thus, it will be considered from an empirical approach, the reason for the prohibition of abortion, especially in countries where the practice is not legalized. With this, the reflection is a mechanism aimed at implementing specific schemes is social control; which are institutionalized: socio-political, which tend to regulate reproduction, birth, cultural, regulatory and free exercise patterns of sexuality and the right of women to decide about their bodies.