Governed through Choice : Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction /

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At the center of the "war on women" lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians conti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Denbow, Jennifer M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Reproductive rights.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Droits genesiques > États-Unis.
Paternalism
Women's Rights > legislation & jurisprudence
Personal Autonomy
Reproductive Rights > legislation & jurisprudence
Reproductive rights > United States.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation > United States.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:At the center of the "war on women" lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women who choose to forego reproduction cannot find physicians to sterilize them. While these actions seem to undermine women's decision-making authority, experts and state actors often defend them in terms of promoting wo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781479808977

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