Policing the Womb

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-74759-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 337 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodwin, Michele

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Pregnancy and state power: prosecuting fetal endangerment; 3. Creeping criminalization of pregnancy across the United States; 4. Abortion law; 5. Changing roles of doctors and nurses: hospital snitches and police informants; 6. Revisiting the fiduciary relationship; 7. Creating criminals: race, stereotypes, and collateral damage; 8. The pregnancy penalty: when the state gets it wrong; 9. Policing beyond the border; 10. Lessons for law and society: a reproductive justice New Deal or Bill of Rights; 11. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Goodwin, Michele
Michele Goodwin is an Executive Committee member of the American Civil Liberties Union and elected member of the American Law Institute. She is also a Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Irvine where she teaches constitutional law and directs the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. She is an internationally recognized voice on women's rights, reproductive health, and constitutional law and lectures worldwide on matters relating to the exploitation of women and girls and the rising regulation of pregnancy and criminalization of women.