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Author Denbow, Jennifer M., author

Title Governed through choice : autonomy, technology, and the politics of reproduction / Jennifer M. Denbow
Published New York : New York University Press, 2015

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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
Analysis Personal autonomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Human reproduction -- Law and legislation -- United States
Reproductive rights -- United States
Reproductive Rights -- legislation & jurisprudence
Personal Autonomy
Women's Rights -- legislation & jurisprudence
Paternalism
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Human reproduction -- Law and legislation
Reproductive rights
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
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