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The Reproductive Rights Reader

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Description for The Reproductive Rights Reader Paperback. Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality. Editor(s): Ehrenreich, Nancy. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 750.

Since the passage of Roe v. Wade, the debate over reproductive rights has dominated America’s courts, legislatures, and streets. The contributors to The Reproductive Rights Reader embrace reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral governmental policies, which frequently ignore or jeopardize the interests of women of color and the poor. Instead, the pieces in this interdisciplinary book—including both legal cases and articles by legal scholars, historians, sociologists, political scientists and others—favor a critical analysis that addresses the concrete material conditions that limit choices, the role of law and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Critical America
Number of Pages
419
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814722312
SKU
V9780814722312
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Ehrenreich
Nancy Ehrenreich is Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Reviews for The Reproductive Rights Reader
"At a troubling time in history when a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has called into question the constitutional protection of womens health and equality, this book comes none too soon. The Reproductive Rights Reader gives us a uniquely comprehensive and useful collection of the major court decisions, legal briefs and scholarly commentaries on the searing debates about ... Read more

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