| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 213 pages) |
| Series |
What everyone needs to know |
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What everyone needs to know.
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| Contents |
Overview -- Historical questions -- Feminism and reproductive politics -- The legal context -- Religion and reproduction -- Population issues and reproductive politics -- Public policy and reproductive politics -- Teenage and single pregnancy in the United States -- Values debated and reproductive politics -- Contraception -- Contemporary abortion politics I : opinions and science -- Contemporary abortion politics II : experience and practice -- Contemporary abortion III : activism, law, and policy -- Fetuses -- Family building, reproductive technologies, and stem cell research -- Adoption -- The environment and reproductive politics -- Disability and reproductive politics -- Birthing, breast-feeding, and reproductive politics -- Men and reproductive politics -- Global reproductive health and US programs and politics -- Health care and reproductive politics -- Language and frameworks |
| Summary |
"The term "reproductive politics" was coined by feminists in the 1970s to describe contemporary Roe v. Wade-era power struggles over contraception and abortion, adoption and surrogacy, and other satellite issues. Forty years later, questions about reproductive rights are just as complex--and controversial--as they were then. Focusing mainly on the United States, Reproductive Politics explores the legal, political, religious, social, ethical, and medical dimensions of this hotly contested arena. Tracing the historical roots of reproductive politics up through the present, Rickie Solinger considers a range of topics from abortion and contraception to health care reform and assisted reproductive technologies. Solinger tackles some of the most contentious questions up for debate today, including the definition of "fetal personhood," and the roles poverty and welfare policy play in shaping reproductive rights. The answers she provides are informative, balanced, and sometimes quite surprising. Offering a wide range of information in an accessible and engaging manner, Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know orients readers and provides the knowledge necessary to follow the debates in this important and continually evolving field."--The publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Reproductive rights -- United States
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Contraception -- Government policy -- United States
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Contraception -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Women's rights -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
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Reproductive rights
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Women's rights
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199811458 |
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0199811458 |
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