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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Crowther, Kathleen M., 1969- author.     Subjects     Maternal and infant welfare -- United States.     Pregnant women -- United States.     Fetus.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Crowther, Kathleen M., 1969- author.       by title:      Policing pregnant bo...         MARC Display

Policing pregnant bodies : from Ancient Greece to post-Roe America / Kathleen M. Crowther. by Crowther, Kathleen M., 1969- author. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2023] Subjects Maternal and infant welfare -- United States.   Pregnant women -- United States.   Fetus. ISBN:  9781421447636 (hardcover) : 1421447630 (hardcover) Description:  ii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  The tell-tale heart -- The fetus in the bottle -- The dangerous womb -- The secrets of women -- Abortion and the fetus. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Explores the historical roots of controversies over abortion, fetal personhood, miscarriage, and maternal mortality.On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, asserting that the Constitution did not confer the right to abortion. This ruling, in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case, was the culmination of a half-century of pro-life activism promoting the idea that fetuses are people and therefore entitled to the rights and protections that the Constitution guarantees. But it was also the product of a much longer history of archaic ideas about the relationship between pregnant people and the fetuses they carry. In Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America, historian Kathleen M. Crowther discusses the deeply rooted medical and philosophical ideas that continue to reverberate in the politics of women's health and reproductive autonomy. From the idea that a detectable heartbeat is a sign of moral personhood to why infant and maternal mortality rates in the United States have risen as abortion restrictions have gained strength, this is a historically informed discussion of the politics of women's reproductive rights. Crowther explains why pro-life concern for fetuses has led not just to laws restricting or banning abortion but also to delaying or denying treatment to women for miscarriages and police investigations of miscarriages. She details the failure to implement policies that would actually improve the quality of infant life, such as guaranteed access to medical care, healthy food, safe housing, and paid maternity leave. We must understand the historical roots of these archaic ideas in order to critically engage with the current legal and political debates involving fetal life"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 362.82097 Cr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.82097 Crowther Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 362.82097 Cr Checked out 04/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.82097 Cr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.82097 Cr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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