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Author Colb, Sherry F., 1966-

Title When sex counts : making babies and making law / Sherry F. Colb
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

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 MELB  KN 172.7 G1 Col/Wsc  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Contents To murder a child by refusing a C-section -- Drug-dealing to unborn children -- The inadvertent murder of an ex-girlfriend's fetus -- Kidnapping unborn children from their murdered mothers? -- Adopting embryos from the frozen orphanage -- Are "feminists for life" feminists for real? -- Sending out partial birth announcements : pro-life symbolism and deception -- Pro-life bullies and mentally retarded women -- Forcing pregnant women to "know" about fetal pain -- The "minor" issue of abortion -- Who gets custody when the fertility clinic makes a mistake? -- Is that egg donor my mommy? -- Battles over public breastfeeding -- What kind of mother would drown her children? -- A female serial killer's claims of rape -- Are rapists too good for the death penalty? -- Date rape and the presumption of innocence -- What's wrong with date rape? -- Can a woman say "no" if she has already said "yes"? -- The rapist who got away : the injustice of statutes of limitations -- Jailbait : when "yes" means "no" -- When cops cop a feel : national security and women's privacy -- Bartenders without blush -- And ain't I a woman? -- Why gay-bashing is sex discrimination -- Single people seeking babies : can the law ban them from assisted reproduction? -- A woman's right to birth control coverage -- The FDA plays politics with the morning-after pill -- Do pharmacists have a right to "choose" not to fill prescriptions? -- Killing a fetus on account of her sex -- When oral sex results in a pregnancy : can men ever escape paternity obligations? -- Should men have the right to a "financial abortion"? -- Can a court order deadbeat dad to stop having children? -- The many meanings of "reverse discrimination" -- Is male circumcision gender-based violence? -- Abortion by baseball bat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human reproduction -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Sex and law -- United States.
Rape -- United States.
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.
LC no. 2006029613
ISBN 0742551504 cloth alkaline paper
9780742551503 cloth alkaline paper