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While women's suffrage has become completely institutionalized around
the world, liberalized abortion is one indicator of the status of wome
n that remains contested. Moreover, abortion rights differ fundamental
ly from women's suffrage in that they are not derivative of rights ori
ginally extended to men. In this article, we summarize and compare the
results of prior studies that assess the effects of independence era,
international linkages, modernization, state activism and status of w
omen on the rate of the adoption of women's suffrage and reproduction
rights. We are that world cultural models of progress and justice fost
er expanded models of political citizenship; these then provide more c
ompelling rationales for further women's rights.