Pregnancy and power : a history of reproductive politics in the United States /

Reproductive politics in the United States has always been about who has the power to decide-lawmakers, the courts, clergy, physicians, or the woman herself. Authorities have rarely put women's needs and interests at the center of these debates. Instead, they have created reproductive laws and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Solinger, Rickie, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Birth control > Political aspects > United States.
Abortion > Political aspects > United States.
Human reproduction > Political aspects > United States.
Women's rights > United States.
Régulation des naissances > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Reproduction humaine > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Abortion > Political aspects
Birth control > Political aspects
Human reproduction > Political aspects
Women's rights
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: what is reproductive politics?
  • Racializing the nation: from the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, 1776-1865
  • Sex in the city: from secrecy to anonymity to privacy, 1870s to 1920s
  • No extras: curbing fertility during the Great Depression
  • Central planning: managing fertility, race, and rights in postwar America, 1940s to 1960
  • The human rights era: the rise of choice, the contours of backlash, 1960-1980
  • Revitalizing hierarchies: how the aftermath of Roe v. Wade affected fetuses, teenage girls, prisoners, and ordinary women, 1980 to the present.

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