Reproduction Reconceived
Family Making and the Limits of Choice after Roe v. Wade
1st Edition
Published on 26. October 2021
334 pages
978-0-520-97044-1 (ISBN)
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The landmark case Roe v. Wade redefined family: it is now commonplace for Americans to treat having children as a choice. But the historic decision also coincided with widening inequality, an ongoing trend that continues to make choice more myth than reality. In this new and timely history, Matthiesen shows how the effects of incarceration, for-profit healthcare, disease, and poverty have been worsened by state neglect, forcing most to work harder to maintain a family.
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Sara Matthiesen is a historian of gender, sexuality, and reproduction in the United States. She is Assistant Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at George Washington University.
Content
Introduction
1. The Labor of Illegibility: Lesbian and Single Motherhood According to the Law
2. The Labor of Captivity: Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
3. The Labor of Survival: Racism, Poverty, and the Uses of Infant Mortality Rates
4. The Labor of Risk: Or, How to Have a Family in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
5. The Labor of "Choice": Navigating the Abortion Debate and Lifelines of Last Resort
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
1. The Labor of Illegibility: Lesbian and Single Motherhood According to the Law
2. The Labor of Captivity: Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
3. The Labor of Survival: Racism, Poverty, and the Uses of Infant Mortality Rates
4. The Labor of Risk: Or, How to Have a Family in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
5. The Labor of "Choice": Navigating the Abortion Debate and Lifelines of Last Resort
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
