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Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority Among Haredi Women

Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority Among Haredi Women

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Women's HealthReligion General Judaism

ISBN10: 0253050022
ISBN13: 9780253050021
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Nov 1 2020
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women explores the ways Haredi Jewish women make decisions about their reproductive lives. Although they must contend with interference from doctors, rabbis, and the Israeli government, Haredi women find space for--and insist on--autonomy from them when they make decisions regarding the use of contraceptives, prenatal testing, fetal ultrasounds, and other reproductive practices. Drawing on their experiences of pregnancy, knowledge of cultural norms of reproduction, and theological beliefs, Raucher shows that Haredi women assert that they are in the best position to make decisions about reproduction.

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