ABSTRACT

Reproductive Politics in the United States is a concise, accessible, and engaging introduction to what continues to be a contentious and polarizing topic in the United States.

Focusing on the current debates, controversies, and realities of reproductive justice, this text seeks to examine the historical, social and cultural forces that shape those politics. Making use of an explicitly feminist framework, the book analyzes how the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other markers of difference are implicated in protest and policy.

This is a primer for Women’s and Gender Studies students, and for those coming to the topic for the first time.

chapter 1|18 pages

The political and cultural landscape

chapter 2|19 pages

Preventing pregnancy

chapter 3|26 pages

Abortion politics

chapter 4|24 pages

Birthing justice

chapter 5|28 pages

Sexual justice

chapter 6|23 pages

Teens and sexuality

chapter 8|25 pages

Reproduction in popular culture

chapter 9|19 pages

Making sense of reproductive politics