Governed through choice : autonomy, technology, and the politics of reproduction / Jennifer M. Denbow.

By:

Denbow, Jennifer M [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781479808977
1479808970
1479828831
9781479828838

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Governed through choice.DDC classification:

342.7308/5 23

LOC classification:

KF3760 .D46 2015

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

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.