Policing the Womb : Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
110703017X
ISBN-13
9781107030176
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 12th, 2020
Print length
334 Pages
Weight
604 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.50 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies: womenCrime & criminologyPolitics & governmentGender & the law
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This book tells the hidden story of the criminalization of pregnant women, including how doctors reveal women's confidential medical history to law enforcement and prosecutors, and how states increasingly enact laws that criminalize all manner of conduct during pregnancy.
In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow extraordinary powers to state authorities over reproductive freedom and pregnancies. In this book, Michele Goodwin discusses real examples of women whose pregnancies have been controlled by the law and what has led to the United States being the deadliest country in the developed world for a woman to be pregnant.
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