Policing The Womb
''Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood'' is a nonfiction book by American scholar and law professor Michele Goodwin. The book details the criminalization of reproduction in United States and argues for choice movements to expand to a reproductive justice framework. It was released on March 12, 2020, by Cambridge University Press. Synopsis ''Policing the Womb'' centers the criminalization of birth and other aspects of reproduction in the United States, such as contraception and abortion. Goodwin contextualizes the contemporary policing of reproduction within the history of American slavery and contends that women's bodies are treated as property by the American state. She describes fetal personhood legislation, the treatment of those who are incarcerated and pregnant, and many of other examples of criminal punishment for pregnant women throughout the book. She contends that this criminalization predominantly targets low-income women, Black, and L ...
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Reproductive Rights
Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world. The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights as follows: Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence. Women's reproductive rights may include some or all of the following: abortion-rights movements; birth control; freedom from coerced sterilization and contraception; the right to access good-quality reproductive healthcare; and the right to education and access in order to make free and informed reproductive choices. Reproductive rights may also ...
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