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Our bodies, our crimes : the policing of women's reproduction in America
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- Creator
- Jeanne Flavin
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2010
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- vii, 307 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814727911, 0814727913
- OCLC
- ocn502416901
- Originally published: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I. Beginning : "Race criminals": reproductive rights in America -- Part II. Begetting : "Breeders": the right to procreate -- "Back-alley butchers": terminating pregnancies -- "Baby killers": neonaticide and infant abandonment -- Part III. Bearing : "Innocent preborn victims": fetal protectionism and pregnant women -- "Liars and whiners": incarcerated women's right to reproductive health -- Part IV. Mothering : "Bad mothers": incarcerated women's ties to their children -- "Asking for it": battered women and child custody -- Conclusion : Being