| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the possibility of reproductive autonomy -- Autonomy: the self and society -- Abortion and the juridical : reproductive autonomy and protection from injury -- Informed consent laws : ultrasound, surveillance, and postfeminist reproductive rights -- Sterilization : self-governance and the possibility of transformation -- Autonomy, technology, and the politics of reproduction. |
| Summary |
At the center of the "war on women" lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women who choose to forego reproduction cannot find physicians to sterilize them. While these actions seem to undermine women's decision-making authority, experts and state actors often defend them in terms of promoting wo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Human reproduction -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Human reproduction -- Law and legislation. |
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Reproductive rights -- United States.
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Reproductive rights. |
| Indexed Term |
Personal autonomy |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Denbow, Jennifer M. Governed through choice. New York : New York University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2015005769 |
| ISBN |
9781479808977 (electronic book) |
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1479808970 (electronic book) |
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1479828831 |
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9781479828838 |
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1479808970 |
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9781479828838 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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9781479843916 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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