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Making Women Pay : The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights /

When a corporation, medical authority', or the state asserts or accepts rights claims on behalf of a fetus, the usual justification involves improving the chance of a healthy birth. This strategy, Roth persuasively argues, is not necessary to achieve the goal of a healthy birth, is oftencounter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roth, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How women pay for fetal rights
  • Backlash and continuity: The political trajectory of fetal rights
  • Fighting fetal protection policies: Women and corporate risk management I
  • Overcoming discrimination: Women and corporate risk management II
  • "No less than ravishment": Forcing medical intervention on pregnant women
  • Behaving badly: Punishing women for conduct during pregnancy
  • The costs of inequality.