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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Denbow, Jennifer M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation > United States.
Reproductive rights > United States.
Reproductive Rights > legislation & jurisprudence
Personal Autonomy
Women's Rights > legislation & jurisprudence
Paternalism
Droits génésiques > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation.
Reproductive rights.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
United States.
Personal autonomy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the possibility of reproductive autonomy
  • Autonomy: the self and society
  • Abortion and the juridical : reproductive autonomy and protection from injury
  • Informed consent laws : ultrasound, surveillance, and postfeminist reproductive rights
  • Sterilization : self-governance and the possibility of transformation
  • Autonomy, technology, and the politics of reproduction.

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