Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in AmericaNYU Press, 2008 M11 1 - 288 páginas Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Sex and Gender Section |
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... risk of giving birth to a low birthweight or premature infant.104 Further, many of these women are now taking fertility drugs and undergoing artificial insemination procedures, which greatly increase the chances of multiple births. In ...
... risk of death associated with childbirth is 11 times higher than that associated with a first-trimester abortion.13 Our abortion policies reflect a view that a woman should not be permitted to make decisions about her body solely and on ...
... risk), “the Court deprives women of the right to make an autonomous choice, even at the expense of their safety.”19 Laws and social policies that value women's roles as mothers and wives more than their rights as individuals are one of ...
... risks associated with its unsupervised use.63 Women without access to safe, legal, and affordable abortion services seek alternatives, including neonaticide and infant abandonment (discussed in the next chapter) and illegal self ...
... risk of complications increases with the length of pregnancy: from one death for every 1 million abortions at 8 or fewer weeks, to one death per 11,000 abortions at 21 weeks or more of gestation.67 Some of the procedures associated with ...
Contenido
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Bearing | 93 |
Mothering | 137 |
Being | 182 |
Notes | 191 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Acknowledgments | 297 |
Index | 299 |
About the Author | 307 |
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Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Vista previa limitada - 2010 |
Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |