Every woman in the world has the right to control her own body, plan her family, receive good quality medical care, and give birth to a healthy baby. This book takes a comprehensive look at the status of women's reproductive rights from a transnational, human-rights perspective.
"Reproductive justice" is a relatively new term that underscores the fact that the existence of reproductive rights does not mean that women are able to exercise those rights. For women unable to exercise their rights for any number of reasonsâa lack of available services where they live, lack of money or health insurance to pay for services, being forbidden by family members to seek servicesâthe reality is they have no choices to make and possess little if any control over their own bodies, regardless of what the government states their "rights" are.
Reproductive Justice: A Global Concern provides a comprehensive and integrated examination of the status of reproductive rights for the world's women, covering a wide range of reproductive rights issues. Topics include women's rights to determine their own sexuality and choose their own partners, rape, sex trafficking, fertility treatments and other assisted reproductive technologies, contraception and abortion, maternal and infant mortality, postpartum support, and breastfeeding.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What Is Reproductive Justice?
- 1. The Choice before the Choice: Partner Selection Is Essential to Reproductive Justice
- 2. Female Genital Cutting around the Globe: A Matter of Reproductive Justice?
- 3. Womenâs Power in Relationships: A Matter of Social Justice
- 4. Sexual Assault: A Matter of Reproductive Justice
- 5. Reproductive Injustice: The Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls
- 6. STI Prevention and Control for Women: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Global Womenâs Experiences
- 7. Contraception and Abortion: Critical Tools for Achieving Reproductive Justice
- 8. Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Matters of Reproductive Justice
- 9. Pregnancy and Prenatal Care: A Reproductive Justice Perspective
- 10. Birthing across Cultures: Toward the Humanization of Childbirth
- 11. Female Feticide and Infanticide: Implications for Reproductive Justice
- 12. Reproductive Justice for Women and Infants: Restoring Womenâs Postpartum Health and Infant-Feeding Options
- 13. Conclusion: An International View of Public Policy for Reproductive Justice
- Afterword: What Can We Do to Help the Worldâs Women Achieve Reproductive Justice?
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors
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