The political geographies of pregnancy / Laura R. Woliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woliver, Laura R., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Political aspects.

Pregnancy.

Human reproduction--Political aspects.

Human reproduction.

Human reproductive technology--Political aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2002]

Contents:

Feminist praxis, reproductive powers, and medical models

Praxis, approach, method / shifting powers in women's reproduction / reproductive frames / unmet needs taken out of context / Feminist analysis of modern reproduction / Women's struggles for reproductive agency / Controversial, heartfelt, reproductive politics / Additional voices and experiences / Defiant women / The plan of the book

New reproductive technologies: medicalizations of pregnancy, birth, reproduction, and infertility

Standards of care / Peripheral women / Prenatal screening / International "choices" / Sex selection / Reproductive technologies' impact on abortion politics / Cultural shifts / Conclusion

The human genome project: designer genes

A conceptual shift / Geneticization, topographies of reproductive power / Increasing medicalization / Eugenic concerns / Race, class, and genome power / Abilities and diversities / The "gay gene" quest / Enhancements and improvements / The mixed blessing of knowing / The family impact of misattributed paternity / Diseased futures / Reproduction, parenting, and abortion / Impact on mothers / Economic and market exchanges / Human diversity genome project / Social impact / Breast cancer heartbreaks / ownership and patenting / Genetic, intentional, enhanced babies / ELSI / Gender, power, and bioethics / Conclusion

Abortion politics: discourses on lives

Revealed history and political action / Subversive behaviors / Telling women's stories / Telling fetuses' stories / Roe's progress and limitations / Abortion, women's praxis of the ethic of care / Abortion politics in local communities / Social movements, abortion, and culture wars / The context for urban abortion battles / Greenville and Columbia, South Carolina / The grass-roots issue context / Partial-birth late-term abortion ban / A national conflagration negotiated locally one day at a time / Interest group representations of reproductive politics / Abortion politics / Conclusion

Adoption and surrogacy: children as commodities, wombs for rent

Adoption markets / Surrogacy / Fragile power of mothers / Full surrogacy / Surrogacy policy recommendations / The patriarchal, nuclear family paradigm / Voices silenced / Conclusion

Social controls and reproductive politics: punitive monitoring of pregnant women

Framing / Legal and illegal drugs and pregnant women / Framing/reframing / Criminalizing prenatal care / Coerced and punitive contraception / Punitive monitoring and control / Conclusion

Conclusion: the changing political geographies of motherhood and reproduction

Feminist praxis: political challenge / Feminist praxis: imperfect individuals and connected communities / Feminist justice / Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-224) and index.

ISBN:

0252027787

OCLC:

49305855