Making Women Pay : : The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights /

Making Women Pay : : The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights / / Rachel Roth.

Once backed primarily by anti-abortion activists, fetal rights claims are now promoted by a wide range of interest groups in American society. Government and corporate policies to define and enforce fetal rights have become commonplace. These developments affect all women-pregnant or not-because wom...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Roth, Rachel,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2003
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 1 halftone, 2 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. How Women Pay for Fetal Rights
  • 2. Backlash and Continuity: The Political Trajectory of Fetal Rights
  • 3. Fighting Fetal Protection Policies: Women and Corporate Risk Management I
  • 4. Overcoming Discrimination: Women and Corporate Risk Management II
  • 5. "No Less Than Ravishment": Forcing Medical Interventions on Pregnant Women
  • 6. Behaving Badly: Punishing Women for Conduct during Pregnancy
  • 7. The Costs of Inequality
  • Appendix: Selected State Statutes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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