Defiant birth : women who resist medical eugenics / Melinda Tankard Reist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tankard Reist, Melinda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eugenics.

Pregnancy--Complications.

Pregnancy.

Women with disabilities.

Fetus--Abnormalities.

Fetus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 2006.

Summary:

Daring women?those who were told not to have their babies due to perceived disabilities in themselves or their unborn children?tell their stories in this controversial book that looks critically at medical eugenics as a contemporary form of social engineering. Believing that all life is valuable and that some are not more worthy of it than others, these women have given birth in the face of disapproval and hostility, defied both the creed of perfection and accepted medical wisdom, and given the issue of abortion a complexity beyond the simplistic pro-life/pro-choice dichotomy. As it quest

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE STORY OF LAYIAH: MY WONDER CHILD; ALL IS RIGHT WITH MY WORLD; IT'S ABOUT LOVE; YOUR BABY WILL DIE: THE STORY OF GRACE; GIVING LIFE A CHANCE; FINDING JOY IN THE WEAK AMONG US; 'THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE': HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN ON PREGNANCY AND BIRTH IN AUSTRALIA; MY CHILDREN HAVE COMPENSATED ME TENFOLD; THE 'STANDARD OF CARE' WOULD BE TO ABORT MY UNBORN CHILD; LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF MÖNCHBERG; SO GLAD I LISTENED TO MY HEART; GABRIEL WAS GOING TO DIE, BUT FIRST HE WAS GOING TO LIVE

I WOULDN'T SWAP THEM FOR ANYTHINGTHIS BABY WOULD BE LOVED; THE BLESSINGS FAR OUTWEIGH THE SORROWS; JUST CRASH THROUGH IT; GO WITH YOUR INSTINCTS; THEY TOLD ME MY CHILD WOULD WANT A NEW MOTHER; THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FACE ON EARTH; Afterword; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 311-328).

ISBN:

1-74219-050-2

1-74219-048-0

OCLC:

476233039