The Reproductive Rights Reader : Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood

A Note from the Editor xi Introduction 1(22) PART I Questioning Science: Feminist Critiques of Medical Knowledge and Practice Introduction to Part I 23(1) The Sexual Politics of Sickness 24(8) Barbara Ehrenreich Deirdre English Delusions in Discourse 32(10) Alexandra Dundas Todd Body Narratives, Body Boundaries 42(5) Emily Martin ``Cultural Practice'' or ``Reconstructive Surgery''? U.S. Genital Cutting, the Intersex Movement, and Medical Double Standards 47(22) Cheryl Chase Questions and Comments 57(6) PART II Forced Motherhood? Legal Regulation of Pregnancy Termination Abortion: The Legal Framework Introduction to Part II(A) 63(6) Social and Historical Context Medicine and Morality in the Nineteenth Century 69(9) Kristin Luker When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 78(8) Leslie J. Reagan Racism, Birth Control, and Reproductive Rights 86(13) Angela Davis Questions and Comments 94(5) The ``Privacy'' Formulation and Its Critics Roe v. Wade 99(7) Beyond ``A Woman's Right to Choose'': Feminist Ideas about Reproductive Rights 106(5) Rosalind Pollack Petchesky Harris v. McRae 111(5) Surrogacy as Resistance? The Misplaced Focus on Choice in the Surrogacy and Abortion Funding Contexts 116(11) Nancy Ehrenreich Questions and Comments 123(4) The ``Undue Burden'' Test Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey 127(10) Brief Amici Curiae of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., et al., Submitted in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services 137(10) Joan Gibbs Mary M. Gundrum Rhonda Copelon Wendy Brown Cathy Bell Barbara Wolvovitz Questions and Comments 143(4) The Equality Approach Abortion as a Sex Equality Right: Its Basis in Feminist Theory 147(14) Reva B. Siegel Brief Amici Curiae of 274 Organizations in Support of Roe v. Wade, Submitted in Turnock v. Ragsdale 161(12) Kathleen M. Sullivan Susan R. Estrich Questions and Comments 164(5) Abortion: Special Topics Introduction to Part II(B) 169(4) Late-Term Abortion Stenberg v. Carhart 173(7) Crossing the Line: The Political and Moral Battle over Late-Term Abortion 180(10) Rigel C. Oliveri Gonzales v. Carhart 190(11) Questions and Comments 198(3) Minors' Access to Abortion Politics and Pregnancy: Adolescent Mothers and Public Policy 201(9) Deborah L. Rhode Sex Education: Politicians, Parents, Teachers, and Teens and Understanding ``Abstinence'': Implications for Individuals, Programs, and Policies 210(13) Cynthia Dailard Questions and Comments 220(3) Wrongful Birth and Selective Abortion Not Your Garden Variety Tort Reform: Statutes Barring Claims for Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth Are Unconstitutional under the Purpose Prong of Planned Parenthood v. Casey 223(8) Julie F. Kowitz Disability Rights and Selective Abortion 231(12) Marsha Saxton Reproductive Rights of Women in Prison Searching for the State: Who Governs Prisoners' Reproductive Rights? 243(18) Rachel Roth Questions and Comments 253(4) PART III Motherhood Denied: Legal Regulation of Conception Introduction to Part III 257(4) A Punitive Policies: Regulation of Conception by Low-Income Women and Women of Color Racializing the Nation: From the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, 1776-1865 261(14) Rickie Solinger The Social Meaning of the Norplant Condition: Constitutional Considerations of Race, Class, and Gender 275(13) Catherine Albiston The Ideology of Division: Behavior Modification Welfare Reform Proposals 288(11) Lucy A. Williams Questions and Comments 296(3) Assisted Reproduction: Regulation of ``Surrogacy'' and Cloning What's Wrong with a Parenthood Market? A New and Improved Theory of Commodification 299(9) Martha M. Ertman Race and the New Reproduction 308(12) Dorothy Roberts Is There a Right to Clone? Constitutional Challenges to Bans on Human Cloning 320(19) Lori B. Andrews Questions and Comments 331(4) PART IV The Disciplining of Mothers-to-Be: Legal Regulation of Behavior during Pregnancy Introduction to Part IV 335(4) Pregnancy and Fertility Discrimination in the Workplace Troupe v. May Department Stores Co. 339(4) Pregnancy, Parenting, and Capitalism 343(7) Ruth Colker Sapphire Bound! 350(13) Regina Austin Questions and Comments 360(3) Tort and Criminal Liability for Prenatal Behavior Stallman v. Youngquist 363(5) Making Reproduction a Crime 368(23) Dorothy Roberts Questions and Comments 387(4) Court-Ordered Cesarean Sections The Colonization of the Womb 391(12) Nancy Ehrenreich Questions and Comments 402(1) Permission Acknowledgments 403(3) About the Contributors 406(3) Index 409