No real choice how culture and politics matter for reproductive autonomy / Katrina Kimport.
| Author/creator | Kimport, Katrina, 1978- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022] |
| Description | v, 203 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Families in focus Families in focus. ^A1063674 |
| Contents | No real choice -- Policies, poverty, and the organization of abortion care -- Privileging the fetus -- Choosing irresponsibility and harm -- Fearing the experience of abortion -- Choosing a baby -- Toward reproductive autonomy. |
| Abstract | "Why would a pregnant woman consider but not obtain an abortion? In the contemporary United States, most would assume she wants to have a baby. Increasing policy regulation and cultural stigmatization of abortion, however, challenge this as a universal explanation. What if some women continue their pregnancies after considering abortion not because they want to have a baby but, instead, because they can't get an abortion? In No Real Choice, Katrina Kimport uses in-depth interviews with pregnant women who considered but did not obtain an abortion to argue that not everyone who continues a pregnancy wants to have a baby. Some are doing so because abortion was not a real option. Illustrating how policies, the organization of abortion care, anti-abortion cultural narratives, and negative prior experiences of reproductive healthcare can make abortion unavailable for some women, Kimport challenges assumptions that all women have real pregnancy choice. Further, by centering the experiences of low-income Black women, she demonstrates that none of these factors operates in isolation: each leverages existing race and class inequality to construct insurmountable barriers to choosing abortion. When abortion is not a real option, reproductive autonomy is denied. The concern, Kimport argues, is not what outcome pregnant women choose, but whether they are able to make a real choice. Focusing attention on the process of pregnancy decision making-and not just pregnancy outcomes-Kimport provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically-grounded framework for understanding how reproductive autonomy is denied, for whom, and at what cost"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index. |
| LCCN | 2020057863 |
| ISBN | 9781978817913 paperback |
| ISBN | 1978817916 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781978817920 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1978817924 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | Mobipocket electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ767.5 .U5 K56 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |