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Reproduction reconceived : family making and the limits of choice after Roe v. Wade
Title
Reproduction reconceived : family making and the limits of choice after Roe v. Wade / Sara Matthiesen.
ISBN
9780520298200
0520298209
9780520298217
0520298217
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"The landmark case Roe v. Wade redefined family: it is now commonplace for Americans to treat having children as a choice. But the historic decision also coincided with widening inequality, an ongoing trend that continues to make choice more myth than reality. Sara Matthiesen shows how the effects of incarceration, for-profit healthcare, disease, and poverty have been worsened by state neglect, forcing most to work harder to maintain a family"--Back cover
Variant and related titles
Family making and the limits of choice after Roe v. Wade
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 05, 2023
Series
Reproductive justice : a new vision for the twenty-first century ; 5
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
Contents
Introduction
1. The Labor of Illegibility: Lesbian and Single Motherhood According to the Law
2. The Labor of Captivity: Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
3. The Labor of Survival: Racism, Poverty, and the Uses of Infant Mortality Rates
4. The Labor of Risk: Or, How to Have a Family in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
5. The Labor of "Choice": Navigating the Abortion Debate and Lifelines of Last Resort
Epilogue.
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Genre/Form
History.
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