Solinger, Rickie, 1947-
Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Added to CLICnet on 03/03/2014

Check CLICnet for availability
Part of the series What everyone needs to know;What everyone needs to know.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 1. Overview — What do we mean by reproductive politics? — Are sex and reproduction private or public matters — 2. Historical questions — When and why was abortion criminalized in the United States? — How did urbanization and moral reform movements in the nineteenth century shape reproductive politics? — What impacts did immigration have on reproductive law and politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? — What were anti-miscegenation and eugenic laws? — What access did women have in the past to voluntary sterilization? — What do we know about women’s reproductive decisions in the face of legal and medical constraints? — What was the process of legalizing contraception? — How did genocide and sterilization abuse become matters of concern for women of color and their allies? — What were hospital abortion boards? — What factors stimulated the push to legalize abortion? — How many abortions were performed in the criminal era? — When did the anti-abortion movement emerge? — What role did violence pay in anti-abortion activism? — How have US presidents dealt with the subject of abortion? — 3. Feminism and reproductive politics — Why is feminism so important to reproductive politics, and vice versa, in the United States? — Why did Susan B. Anthony oppose abortion? — Following the First Wave generation, how did feminist ideas about contraception develop? — What was the reaction to the Pill? — How did feminist activists support reproductive rights in the 1960s and 1970s? — 4. The legal context — Why are reproductive issues governed variously by state laws, federal laws, and court decisions? — What did Roe v. Wade actually say? — How did Congress respond to the Supreme Court’s decision? — How have subsequent judicial rulings and legislation altered the rights created by Roe v. Wade? — 5. Religion and reproduction — What ideas have structured religious thinking about reproductive policy? — How do various Protestant denominations approach abortion? — What are the views of the Cath
• 12. Contemporary abortion politics II : experience and practice — What is the abortion rate in the United States and how has it changed in recent years? — At how many weeks of pregnancy is the typical abortion performed? — What is the difference between a medical and a surgical abortion? — What is the difference between a D&X procedure, a partial birth abortion, a late-term abortion, and a later abortion? — How safe is abortion, generally? — Who obtains abortions in the United States today? — What are some reasons women give for having abortions? — Why is the abortion rate so high for poor women? — How many abortion practitioners provide services in the United States today, and how are their services distributed geographically? — In what settings are abortions typically performed? — Are abortion practitioners in danger today? — Do medical schools teach abortion practice? — 13. Contemporary abortion III : activism, law, and policy — How are state legislatures responding to abortion and satellite issues? — What is pre-abortion counseling? — What are waiting periods ? — What are TRAP laws? — What is the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act? — What is a crisis pregnancy center? — Can women use health insurance plans to cover abortion? — What is the future of legal abortion? — What does the abortion rights movement look like today? — 14. Fetuses — Has the fetus always been the focus of anti-abortion concerns? — What is fetal personhood ? — What does fetal rights mean? — What is fetal homicide? — What is the evidence regarding fetal pain? — What is fetal viability? — 15. Family building, reproductive technologies, and stem cell research — What qualifies as a family today? — What causes infertility? — What does assisted reproductive technologies (ART) refer to? — What is genetic testing? — Why do different groups respond to the idea of genetic testing differently? — What is surrogacy? — What ethical questions regarding assisted reproductive technologies remai
• Tracing the historical roots of reproductive politics up through the present, Solinger considers a range of topics from abortion and contraception to health care reform and assisted reproductive technologies. She tackles some of the most contentious questions up for debate today, including the definition of fetal personhood, and the roles poverty and welfare policy play in shaping reproductive rights. The answers she provides are informative, balanced, and sometimes quite surprising.

Subjects:

Requested by Kurpiers, R