The landmark case Roe v. Wade helped cement a redefinition of family: it is now commonplace for Americans to treat having children as a choice. But the historic decision coincided with what would become a decades-long trend of widening inequality, ensuring that many families still struggle to obtain even basic necessities. Reproduction Reconceived examines how family making actually became harder after the arrival of choice, as different families confronted incarceration, for-profit and racist medical care, disease, poverty, and a welfare state in retreat. Drawing on diverse archival sources and interviews, Sara Matthiesen illustrates how the last fifty years of state neglect have ensured that, for most families, meaningful choice is nowhere to be found.
By:
Sara Matthiesen
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780520298200
ISBN 10: 0520298209
Series: Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 26 October 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"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"
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.
Reviews for Reproduction Reconceived: Family Making and the Limits of Choice after Roe v. Wade
Reproduction Reconceived is an urgent reminder that a renewed fight for the right to choose must do more than restore legal access to abortion. * Chicago Review *
