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Policing the Womb

Policing the Womb

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General Law

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 1108747590
ISBN13: 9781108747592
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 25 2022
Pages: 337
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow extraordinary powers to state authorities over reproductive freedom and pregnancies. In this book, Michele Goodwin discusses real examples of women whose pregnancies have been controlled by the law and what has led to the United States being the deadliest country in the developed world for a woman to be pregnant.

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