Birth control, contraception, family planning Books

Book Synopsis''The thing about having a second baby is it''s likely to differ a lot from your first experience. Sarah Ockwell''s Smith''s guide looks at the challenges you might face along with some practical tips to consider. The book offers a friendly feel that reminds us issues and all, we''ll be just fine'' Mirror, Best Baby Books for Parents 2020Having a second baby is a very different experience from having your first, yet there is little recognition of the wide range of issues that need to be considered when bringing a second child into the family. In this incredibly helpful book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith helps parents feel more positive and prepared for life with two children.The book begins with the obvious question: when is the right time to add another member to the family? It then goes on to examine the specific issues that can arise with a second pregnancy and birth; the common concerns about siblings, such as how to prepare your firstborn for what''s to come; how to cope with the practicalities of life with two young children (aka actually managing to get anything done!); and the feelings parents are likely to experience, too.The Second Baby Book examines all the questions and issues Sarah herself faced second time around, as well as sharing the experiences of the many parents who have sought her advice. It also highlights what scientific studies reveal about such issues as the spacing of children and the differences between first and second births. Practical, insightful and honest, this book will help you understand the challenges ahead but, more importantly, it will equip you to meet them with knowledge, confidence and a sense of excitement for the future.

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Book SynopsisDescribes what happens during a menstrual cycle and how a baby is conceived. This title explains how to chart the body's fertility signs to know which days are best for becoming pregnant or avoiding becoming pregnant, without the use of hormonal drugs. It includes dietary advice for successful conception and healthy babies and families.Trade ReviewBuy this brilliant book right now. Give it to your best friend...Every woman will benefit from Katie Singer's work. -- Susun Weed, Herbalist If you think natural family planning is complicated, read this bookand be surprised and delighted! -- Melissa Chianta, Managing Editor, Mothering MagazineTable of ContentsChapter 1 1. The Female Reproductive system Chapter 2 2. How to Chart Your Fertility Signs Chapter 3 3. How to Tell When a Woman is Fertile and Infertile Chapter 4 4. How Natural Family Planning Can Help You Get Pregnant Chapter 5 5. Fertility Awareness While Breastfeeding Chapter 6 6. Your Menstrual Cycles and Your Health Chapter 7 7. Food for Families Chapter 8 8. Books and Other Resources Chapter 9 9. Testing How Well You Know Natural Family Planning 10 Blank Charts

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Book SynopsisA comics anthology that illustrates the complicated and multiple experiences of human reproduction and explores comics within the growing field of graphic medicine. Trade Review“Essential for anyone concerned with reproductive health care, this collection will also supply much-needed perspective to parents and would-be parents.”—Martha Cornog Library Journal“The stories are heartfelt, relevant, and entertaining. The art is warm and engaging. Altogether, it’s both an important teaching tool and a study in empathy.”—Graphic Policy“As Graphic Reproduction spells out in black and white: the human reproductive experience gives life to the gray. It’s personal and political, hilarious and heartbreaking, joyful and painful, and everything in between. Forget the shoulds. It’s complicated, and that’s okay. This is what reproduction looks like.”—Kitty Lindsay Los Angeles Review of Books“This collection of comic narratives gives voice to non-normative, marginalized, and, in some cases, stigmatized stories in the arena of human reproduction. By sharing these rich stories, assumptions are challenged, biases are exposed, and stigma is lifted. These are stories of resistance to silence, norms, and expectations. These are stories that return voice, and the collection is an important contribution to Graphic Medicine.”—MK Czerwiec,author of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371“Using textual and visual means, Graphic Reproduction not only documents reproduction in new ways but also forwards new conceptualizations of the range of activities, behaviors, and experiences within the idea of ‘reproduction.’ This is a rich contribution to the areas of the humanities, health and medicine, and reproduction.”—Erin Heidt-Forsythe,Penn State University“Graphic Reproduction’s compelling and often heartrending comics cover aspects of reproduction—including infertility, abortion and miscarriage, labor, and postpartum depression—that are often excluded from popular discourse. Jenell Johnson’s careful, lyrical, and thorough introduction offers a resource for instructors beyond the excellent discussion questions that conclude the manuscript. Comics are well suited to depicting pregnancy for many reasons, but most enticing is the fact that, as Johnson notes, they allow us to imagine and visualize more hopeful reproductive futures.”—Chloe Silverman,author of Understanding Autism: Parents, Doctors, and the History of a Disorder“A pedagogically practical, intellectually rigorous, and aesthetically pleasing volume with well-thought-out selections from the literature.”—Alan S. Weber Configurations“Comics tell the stories of artists and elicit emotions in the readers that would not have been made possible by solely words. In subject matter so sensitive and sometimes polarizing, the collection allows a safe space in which to become immersed in the human reproductive experience.”—Mary Smith Doody's Review ServiceTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction (Jenell Johnson)1. Abortion Eve (Joyce Farmer and Lyn Chevli)2. Excerpt from Not Funny Ha-Ha (Leah Hayes)3. Excerpts from Spooky Womb and X Utero (Paula Knight)4. Present / Perfect (Jenell Johnson)5. A Significant Loss: The Story of My Miscarriage (Endrené Shepherd)6. “Losing Thomas and Ella: A Father’s Story” (Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower)7. Excerpt from Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag (A. K. Summers)8. Excerpt from Pushing Back: A Home Birth Story (Bethany Doane)9. Overwhelmed, Anxious, and Angry: Navigating Postpartum Depression (Ryan Alexander-Tanner and Jessica Zucker)10. “Anatomy of a New Mom” (Carol Tyler)11. Excerpt from Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For (Alison Bechdel)Afterword (Susan Merrill Squier)Classroom Exercises (KC Councilor and Jenell Johnson)List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisUnderstand the menopause with all its changes and challenges and choose practices and treatments, brought to you by a team of experts, to make this next stage in your wellness journey healthy and positive.Find the right combination of resources for you - to stay physically, mentally, and spiritually well throughout the menopause.Your journey is unique. This insightful book will help you find the right combination of resources that work for you. It includes:- Specialist expert writers for each section of the book - HRT, Natural Remedies, Exercise, Nutrition and Mental Wellness - Practical strategies on how to manage menopause naturally and make it a more positive, empowering experience - Symptom Finder in the introductory pages to help direct you to the correct section in the bookCoping with menopause can be tough, draining and sometimes utterly debilitating for women. For years it has been seen as an illness that needed to be cured. Nat

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Book SynopsisA concise handbook containing the latest practical guidance on all common contraceptive methods. Contraception Made Easy 3e is an up-to-date handbook for GPs and other healthcare professionals who need easy access to the latest practical guidance on all the commonly used contraceptive methods: combined oral contraceptives (COCs), patches, and vaginal rings progestogen-only pills (POPs), progestogen-only injectables and implants copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the levonorgestrel IUS diaphragms, cervical caps, and male and female condoms natural fertility awareness advice/kits emergency contraception male and female sterilisation. This latest edition includes the position on abortion in Ireland and features material on contraception for: women with weight issues, including obesity and eating disorders women taking teratogenic drugs transgender and non-binary people. Trade ReviewContraception book 'Bought for a course I am doing. Fantastic book, well written and easy to follow.' Amazon reviewer Great for GP’s, PN’s, NP’s ‘I’m a nurse practitioner and this was my go to bible. It really has been a god send especially dealing with tricky contraception questions. I actually show this to my patients. I bought one for my colleague and she loves it-it’s made her feel more confident. A GP asked to borrow it a couple of weeks ago-she’s now bought it herself as found it really easy to navigate. Must buy for PN’s, NP’s and GP’s!' Amazon reviewer Table of ContentsForeword to the second edition About the authors Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The contraception consultation 3 Special groups 4 Combined hormonal contraception 5 Progestogen-only pill 6 Injectable contraception 7 Contraceptive implant 8 Intrauterine system 9 Copper intrauterine devices 10 Barrier methods 11 Fertility awareness 12 Male and female sterilization 13 Emergency contraception 14 STIs, safe sex and sexual assault 15 Unplanned pregnancy Appendix – Summary of the UKMEC for contraceptive use Index

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Book SynopsisPeriod positivity starts with asking questions.This informative, irreverent, and absorbing book covers all your period-related questions - why they''re taboo (and needn''t be) and how to navigate the whole bleeding thing, from first periods to fertility, euphemisms to uteruses, menstrual products to menopause.Let''s get period positive. It''s about bloody time.Feel your best at any time of the month! This science-backed menstruation book is full of good advice and friendly tips to give you the tools to re-frame your thinking and learn to love your cycle.This frank, funny, and fascinating menstruation guide from Period Positive movement founder and menstrual researcher, Chella Quint''s offers:- A practical, science-backed guide to your period with arresting infographics, and anatomical diagrams- Answers to all your period-related questions, exploring topics like the functions and effects of hormones, when periods normal

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Book SynopsisProvides an investigation of elitist initiatives to limit population growth in India. This book traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and the United States.Trade Review"An essential source... This book is a solid contribution to the field of discourse analysis."--American Historical Review "Represents a major breakthrough not only in feminist studies but also in the studies of subaltern groups in general."--Technology and Culture "Ahluwalia's historical instincts are keen... Accessibly written, skillfully organized, and wonderfully researched."--Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History "A comprehensive historical study... Will certainly be very useful for any student or scholar of contemporary India."Moussons "A major breakthrough in feminist studies and also in the studies of subaltern groups in general... Reproductive Restraints deserves serious recognition for presenting the voices from below, and providing a scathing critique of the western, imperialist, racist, elitist, feminist, liberal, nationalist and Subalternist projects from above."--Environment and History

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJames A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichlens Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association (NCA), 2020 "Despite the devastating picture Homeland Maternity paints, it provides glimpses of hope. . . . Fixmer-Oraiz reminds us that the dominant narratives, especially narratives about women, are not always accurate. There are better stories we could be telling." --Christian Century"I love Homeland Maternity. It's brilliantly conceived, broadly interpretive and intersectional, wisely written, politically astute, and very useful. I wanted to underline nearly every sentence. Fixmer-Oraiz has crafted an extremely smart and scary book."--Rickie Solinger, coauthor, Reproductive Justice: An Introduction"Fixmer-Oraiz powerfully articulates how reproductive justice and homeland maternity provide scholars and activists the vocabularies and interpretive frameworks to interrogate and disrupt dominant mechanisms that are used to police individuals' reproductive lives. Homeland Maternity is intellectually rigorous, forceful, and timely to the current sociopolitical context. It can and should inform future studies in rhetoric, media studies, and gender and women's studies." --Women's Studies in Communication"In this clearly written and cogently argued book that ranges across a broad array of public discourse, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz brings into focus the disturbing intersections between reproductive politics and national security in the post-9/11 era. Historically and theoretically informed, Homeland Maternity makes clear that the regulation of women's bodies is a key weapon in struggles over nationalism, nativism, and the meaning of security."--Bonnie J. Dow, author of Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Network News"Decidedly grounded in an ethic of reproductive justice and its bringing together of 'feminist studies of maternal and reproductive politics and critical scholarship on homeland security culture,' (3-4) Natalie's homeland maternity provides a necessary and nuanced framework for naming and understanding complex, urgent events around reproductive politics today." --IZG OnZeit"A must-read for scholars interested in contemporary motherhood and/or the rhetoric of security. In Homeland Maternity, Fixmer-Oraiz offers an incisive analysis of an eclectic set of texts to illuminate how the long-standing connections between discursive"This book is devastatingly good. Good because it is elegantly written, tightly argued, and theoretically informed and informative. Devastating because it makes clear that a nasty thicket of laws, institutions, and rhetoric values pregnancy (even a potential pregnancy) more than the integrity, safety, and humanity of women, pregnant people, and mothers. I have long followed public policy debates over reproductive health care. Fixmer-Oraiz's conclusions should not have surprised me and the examples should not have horrified me. But they did." --Argumentation and Advocacy

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control.Trade Review"An essential source... This book is a solid contribution to the field of discourse analysis."--American Historical Review "Represents a major breakthrough not only in feminist studies but also in the studies of subaltern groups in general."--Technology and Culture "Ahluwalia's historical instincts are keen... Accessibly written, skillfully organized, and wonderfully researched."--Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History "A comprehensive historical study... Will certainly be very useful for any student or scholar of contemporary India."Moussons "A major breakthrough in feminist studies and also in the studies of subaltern groups in general... Reproductive Restraints deserves serious recognition for presenting the voices from below, and providing a scathing critique of the western, imperialist, racist, elitist, feminist, liberal, nationalist and Subalternist projects from above."--Environment and History

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJames A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichlens Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association (NCA), 2020 "Despite the devastating picture Homeland Maternity paints, it provides glimpses of hope. . . . Fixmer-Oraiz reminds us that the dominant narratives, especially narratives about women, are not always accurate. There are better stories we could be telling." --Christian Century"I love Homeland Maternity. It's brilliantly conceived, broadly interpretive and intersectional, wisely written, politically astute, and very useful. I wanted to underline nearly every sentence. Fixmer-Oraiz has crafted an extremely smart and scary book."--Rickie Solinger, coauthor, Reproductive Justice: An Introduction"Fixmer-Oraiz powerfully articulates how reproductive justice and homeland maternity provide scholars and activists the vocabularies and interpretive frameworks to interrogate and disrupt dominant mechanisms that are used to police individuals' reproductive lives. Homeland Maternity is intellectually rigorous, forceful, and timely to the current sociopolitical context. It can and should inform future studies in rhetoric, media studies, and gender and women's studies." --Women's Studies in Communication"In this clearly written and cogently argued book that ranges across a broad array of public discourse, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz brings into focus the disturbing intersections between reproductive politics and national security in the post-9/11 era. Historically and theoretically informed, Homeland Maternity makes clear that the regulation of women's bodies is a key weapon in struggles over nationalism, nativism, and the meaning of security."--Bonnie J. Dow, author of Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Network News"Decidedly grounded in an ethic of reproductive justice and its bringing together of 'feminist studies of maternal and reproductive politics and critical scholarship on homeland security culture,' (3-4) Natalie's homeland maternity provides a necessary and nuanced framework for naming and understanding complex, urgent events around reproductive politics today." --IZG OnZeit"A must-read for scholars interested in contemporary motherhood and/or the rhetoric of security. In Homeland Maternity, Fixmer-Oraiz offers an incisive analysis of an eclectic set of texts to illuminate how the long-standing connections between discursive"This book is devastatingly good. Good because it is elegantly written, tightly argued, and theoretically informed and informative. Devastating because it makes clear that a nasty thicket of laws, institutions, and rhetoric values pregnancy (even a potential pregnancy) more than the integrity, safety, and humanity of women, pregnant people, and mothers. I have long followed public policy debates over reproductive health care. Fixmer-Oraiz's conclusions should not have surprised me and the examples should not have horrified me. But they did." --Argumentation and Advocacy

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Book SynopsisHeralded as the catalyst of the sexual revolution and the solution to global overpopulation, the contraceptive pill was one of the twentieth century's most important inventions. This title shows how its development and use have raised crucial questions about the relationship between science, medicine, technology, and society.Trade ReviewSexual Chemistry [will] attract attention, if only because of its title. . .Marks. . ..has produced a history worthy of that attention. -- Mary Hager * National Journal *. . . [A] beautifully written, definitive history of the oral contraceptive pill. . . [A] masterpiece. . . The book is an invaluable reference source. -- Michael Gilmer * Nature *“Extensively researched and clearly written, this book will be essential reading in the fields of women’s studies and in the history of science.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *“Lara Marks . . . places the history of the pill in a rich context that considers sexual customs, religious attitudes, and government support for family planning.”—Londa Schiebinger, Science -- Londa Schiebinger * Science *

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Book SynopsisThe choices we make with our contraception can have wide-ranging consequences for our health, and yet as a recent survey showed, nearly 80 per cent of women continue to suffer with side effects. Is this good enough in the 21st century?Choosing the right option is a frequently bewildering journey, littered with trial and error, misinformation, and confusion. With so many pill brands on the market, each with different formulations and potential side effects, it can feel impossible to find the one that''s right for us. We are also often left in the dark as our needs change over the course of our lives: whether it''s after having children, developing health issues, or navigating perimenopause.Enriched with experiences from thousands of users of The Lowdown (the world''s first contraceptive review platform and community), the medical expertise of their in-house team, and the latest clinical guidance and scientific research, Contraception is a book for anyone who wants to take control of their health. This comprehensive resource provides valuable insights into your reproductive health, covering topics such as managing conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, understanding what to expect during an abortion, planning for pregnancy after using contraception and navigating the changes that come with menopause. With zero bias or BS, this book is your essential guide to separating the myths from the medicine.

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Book SynopsisThis is the essential resource for professionals seeking sex-positive approaches for their clients.Table of ContentsPart One:; The Broad Stroke of Sex Coaching; 1. The Influences of Coaching on Sex Coaching; 2. Sex Therapy Models That Inform Sex Coaching. .. Part Two:; Becoming a Sex Coach; 3. Preparing Yourself on a Personal Level; 4. Preparing Yourself on a Professional Level; 5. Toward aSuccessful Sex Coaching Practice. Part Three: Delivery of the Service. 6. Assessment Criteria for Clients and Sex Coaching Methods; 7. Men: Common Sexual Concerns and Resolutions; 8. Women: Common Sexual Concerns and Resolutions; 9. Couples: Common Sexual Concerns and Resolutions; 10. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Clients: Concerns and Resolutions; 11. Pregnancy and Special Medical/Clinical Concerns and Resolutions; 12. Non-Vanilla Sex: Concerns and Resolutions

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Book SynopsisThis bookm the first history of contraception for almost fifty years, provides a scholarly and highly readable account of procreation and attempts to prevent it from ancient Greece to the late twentieth century. The story, as the author shows, is not one of unalleviated progress, and anything but a simple passage from ignorance to enlightenment. Marshalling evidence from demography, medicine, literature, religious, family and women''s history, he shows both that the idea of limiting progeny is ever-present in humna history and that mnay contraceptive practices have endured for at least two and a half millennia. In cosidering questions of both motivation and method, Angus McLaren reveals the intimate interactions between reproductive decision-making on the one hand and social, economic, political and gender relationaships on the other.Trade Review"Scholarly, comprehensive, but sprightly and readable ... a major piece of historical reclamation and discovery which will interest socioloists, historians and social anthropologists as well as less specialist readers ... He is mercifully free from the domination of French doctrinaires like M Foucault ... As McLaren shows with a mastery of his material that never palls, there have been attempts at fertility control since the era of the Greek city states. The emphasis he gives to women's experience of contraception, and to women's own efforts at fertillity control before the twentieth century, is particularly sensitive, shrewd and salutary." Nature > "A seasoned and sensitive scholar ... Angus McLaren deserves our thanks for integrating recent scholarship in demographic, family and gender history, to set the politics of procreation within its wider rationales." TLS "... clear and compelling ... strongly challenging the reader's commonsense idea of effective contraception as a product of modern times. McLaren, a Canadian historian, makes excellent use of both primary sources and British and American secondary work as well as his own research". ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. 'As Many Women are Always Doing, Doctoring Themselves': The Patterning of Fertility in Ancient Greece 2. 'For a Woman Forbids Herself to Conceive and Fights Againt It': Fertility Control in Rome 3. 'Use Which is Against Nature': Abortion and Contraception in the Christian West 4. 'Moore for Delit than World to Multiplye': Procreation in the Middle Ages 5. 'Cheating Nature': Fertility Control in Early Modern Europe 6. 'From 'Moral Restraint' to 'Criminal Propaganda': Neo-Malthusianism and the Fertility Transition 7. 'An Education for Women': The Triumph of Family Planning Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe use of condoms can bring preventive and public health benefits, controlling the spread of sexually transmitted disease and avoiding unwanted pregnancy. This book explores these implications from a healthy care worker's point of view. It includes topics such as: Manufacture and Prevention of pregnancy. It is intended for those in public health.Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. A brief history of condoms (Milton Lewis). Latex condom manufacture (John Gerofi). International quality standards: unfinished evolution (Philip Kestelman). Contraceptive efficacy of the male condom (James Trussell). Condoms for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (Adrian Mindel, Claudia Estcourt). Spermicides and virucides (DJ Jeffries, RJ Aitken). Use of condoms: data from popularionj surveys (Anne Grunseit, Anne M Johnson). Condoms and commercial sex (Juliet Richters, Susan Estcourt). Condoms for anal sex (Juliet Richters, Susan Kippax). Social marketing of condoms (Philip Harvey). Condom availability: barriers to access, barriers to use (William P Schellstede, Madaline P Feinberg). Design and manufacture of male non-latex condoms for prevention of pregnancy and STIs (Gaston Farr). The female condom (Anne M Young). Can we tell them how to do it? (Brenda Spencer, John Gerofi). Appendix A: International and European condom standards compared. Appendix B: Condom sampling, Acceptable Quality and Limiting Quality. Index

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Book SynopsisA humorous guide to gay experimentation for straight women offers a wealth of advice on how to spice up a relationship with a boyfriend, enter into a same-sex relationship, and more.

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Book SynopsisPublic Health Service's involvement in sex education provides new insights into one of the most contested subjects in America.Trade ReviewLord, a public health historian, argues that the U.S. government has spent the past 90 years trying to give Americans frank sex education, but the power of religious groups and Americans' own squeamishness in admitting to having premarital sex has thwarted public health officials for nearly all of that time. Publishers Weekly 2009 Lively historical account... Lord is particularly enlightening about the ways in which race, religion and geography have produced an inconsistent approach to sex education. -- Susan Jacoby Washington Post Book World 2010 This fascinating history of the past hundred years of sex education in America explores public and private efforts to eradicate sexually transmitted disease and promote healthy sexual behavior: It also reveals our hang-up, Alexandra Lord observes: "'Americans' uneasiness with sexual behavior." Youth Today 2010 Americans have a split on the issue: using a condom is a responsible action, but having the sex that makes using a condom a responsible action, well, that's irresponsible and immoral. Lord, a former historian for the Public Health Service, has documented this ambivalent stance throughout her fascinating book, which surprises throughout in showing just how little sex education changed through the twentieth century, even though we profited from an increase in scientific knowledge and from improved contraceptive and prophylactic technologies. Erotica Readers and Writers Association 2010 An informative and enjoyable read. -- James Wagoner Conscience 2010 This is a highly readable study about a hot-button issue... Condom Nation contextualizes federal policies within the changing sexual mores of the twentieth century and shows how important it is to look at the story behind sex education campaigns. -- Tamara Myers H-Net Reviews 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Word on Terminology1. In Bed with the Fed2. The People's War, 1918–19263. Battling the Mad Dog, 1927–19404. Lifting the Shadow from the Land, 1941–19455. A False Sense of Security, 1946–19596. Making Love, Not Babies or Disease, 1960–19807. Telling It Like It Is, 1981–19888. Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, 1989–2008EpilogueNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisBased on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches.Trade Review"The rise of China is one of the most significant trends of the twenty-first century. Governing China's Population is a must-read for anybody who is interested in how Chinese politics and society are changing, and how the U.S. can engage China to move toward international rules and practices. The authors' groundbreaking work will change the way China's population policies and politics are understood in the United States."—Lee Hamilton, President, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former Chairman, House Committee on International Relations"It is not possible in the space of a short review to do justice to the richness of the tapestry woven in this book."—Economic and Political Weekly"Governing China's Population offers a remarkably innovative and revealing interdisciplinary analysis of the emergence of China's population as a problem of government. The book's main argument—supported by both extensive documentation and exceptional ethnographic access—affirms Foucault's sense of the importance of 'population' as a central object of modern government, while confronting those who would hastily (and Eurocentrically) 'globalize' Foucault with a challenging and vividly described case of a quite different historical configuration of power."—James Ferguson, Stanford University"In this highly informative book, Greenhalgh and Winckler demonstrate the changing ways in which the population as an object of state intervention has played a central, if changing, role in China's arts of governmentality. Extending Foucault's concept of biopolitics to a major new terrain, the book opens new understandings, new questions, and new challenges."—Paul Rabinow, University of California at Berkeley"China's transformation from high to very low fertility in less than a generation may be the most successful state social engineering project in history, but at the same time it constitutes an ethical nightmare. In this impressive volume, Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin Winckler lay bare as never before both the politics behind the evolution of mandatory family planning in China and its disastrous social consequences."—Martin K. Whyte, Harvard University"In discussing the shifting approaches to governance that have conditioned the policy domain of birth planning, they combine the historical institutionalist approach of political science with the discursive-critical approaches of anthropology in order to understand how policy changes impacted the peasant family economy."—Reference & Research Book News"It is a deeply interesting source of information about the complex evolution of population policy in China. It will be very helpful in its own right, as well as forming the basis for a wide range of followup academic studies, particularly by Chinese scholars."—Population and Development Review"...the most comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the PRC's birth planning programme to date."—Pacific Affairs"Governing China's Population is an outstanding and thought-provoking accomplishment certain to inspire methodological and analytical innovation among students and researchers of China."—The China Journal"...this is an admirable piece of work, very informative and well organized..."—The China Quarterly"Governing China's Population illuminations far greater complexity about birth policies than the debate in the United States ever recognizes, presenting for example the extent of internal Chinese debate about these inequities and efforts to correct them."—Conscience"This is an important book. Greenhalgh and Winckler tell a fascinating story about the past and present extent of the influence of China's population policies."—Studies in Family Planning"Reading Governing China's Population is like stepping through a window; it provides a view not completely available before. It is a view crafted by scholars with exceptional access to source materials that illuminate the political and human complexities of the most ambitious and extraordinary population policy of our day."—Population Studies"The authors of Governing China's Population present a comprehensive analysis of population policy since 1949, relying on theories and methods from political science and anthropology, especially the biopower theory of the French philosopher Michel Foucault. This is by far the most thorough and systematic analysis of the topic approach from a political science perspectives."—Fan Wu, East Asian Science, Technology, and Society: An International JournalTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc2:Chapter 1 Introduction: Governmentalization of Population 1 Chapter 2 Problematique: Population as Politics 000 @toc1:Part One Policy @toc2:Introduction: Policy Actors and Policy Components 000 Chapter 3 The Mao Era from Soft Birth Control to Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 4 The Deng Era: Rising Enforcement of Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 5 The Jian Era: Deepening Reform of Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 6 The Hu Era: From Comprehensive Reform to Social Policy 000 @toc1:Part Two Policy Consequences toc2:Introduction 000 Chapter 7 The Shifting Local Politics of Population 000 Chapter 8 Restratifying Chinese Society 000 Chapter 9 Remaking China's Politics and Global Position 000 Chapter 10 Conclusion: Lenin, Foucault, and the Governance of Population in China 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000

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Book SynopsisBased on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches.Trade Review"The rise of China is one of the most significant trends of the twenty-first century. Governing China's Population is a must-read for anybody who is interested in how Chinese politics and society are changing, and how the U.S. can engage China to move toward international rules and practices. The authors' groundbreaking work will change the way China's population policies and politics are understood in the United States."—Lee Hamilton, President, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former Chairman, House Committee on International Relations"It is not possible in the space of a short review to do justice to the richness of the tapestry woven in this book."—Economic and Political Weekly"Governing China's Population offers a remarkably innovative and revealing interdisciplinary analysis of the emergence of China's population as a problem of government. The book's main argument—supported by both extensive documentation and exceptional ethnographic access—affirms Foucault's sense of the importance of 'population' as a central object of modern government, while confronting those who would hastily (and Eurocentrically) 'globalize' Foucault with a challenging and vividly described case of a quite different historical configuration of power."—James Ferguson, Stanford University"In this highly informative book, Greenhalgh and Winckler demonstrate the changing ways in which the population as an object of state intervention has played a central, if changing, role in China's arts of governmentality. Extending Foucault's concept of biopolitics to a major new terrain, the book opens new understandings, new questions, and new challenges."—Paul Rabinow, University of California at Berkeley"China's transformation from high to very low fertility in less than a generation may be the most successful state social engineering project in history, but at the same time it constitutes an ethical nightmare. In this impressive volume, Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin Winckler lay bare as never before both the politics behind the evolution of mandatory family planning in China and its disastrous social consequences."—Martin K. Whyte, Harvard University"In discussing the shifting approaches to governance that have conditioned the policy domain of birth planning, they combine the historical institutionalist approach of political science with the discursive-critical approaches of anthropology in order to understand how policy changes impacted the peasant family economy."—Reference & Research Book News"It is a deeply interesting source of information about the complex evolution of population policy in China. It will be very helpful in its own right, as well as forming the basis for a wide range of followup academic studies, particularly by Chinese scholars."—Population and Development Review"...the most comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the PRC's birth planning programme to date."—Pacific Affairs"Governing China's Population is an outstanding and thought-provoking accomplishment certain to inspire methodological and analytical innovation among students and researchers of China."—The China Journal"...this is an admirable piece of work, very informative and well organized..."—The China Quarterly"Governing China's Population illuminations far greater complexity about birth policies than the debate in the United States ever recognizes, presenting for example the extent of internal Chinese debate about these inequities and efforts to correct them."—Conscience"This is an important book. Greenhalgh and Winckler tell a fascinating story about the past and present extent of the influence of China's population policies."—Studies in Family Planning"Reading Governing China's Population is like stepping through a window; it provides a view not completely available before. It is a view crafted by scholars with exceptional access to source materials that illuminate the political and human complexities of the most ambitious and extraordinary population policy of our day."—Population Studies"The authors of Governing China's Population present a comprehensive analysis of population policy since 1949, relying on theories and methods from political science and anthropology, especially the biopower theory of the French philosopher Michel Foucault. This is by far the most thorough and systematic analysis of the topic approach from a political science perspectives."—Fan Wu, East Asian Science, Technology, and Society: An International JournalTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc2:Chapter 1 Introduction: Governmentalization of Population 1 Chapter 2 Problematique: Population as Politics 000 @toc1:Part One Policy @toc2:Introduction: Policy Actors and Policy Components 000 Chapter 3 The Mao Era from Soft Birth Control to Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 4 The Deng Era: Rising Enforcement of Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 5 The Jian Era: Deepening Reform of Hard Birth Planning 000 Chapter 6 The Hu Era: From Comprehensive Reform to Social Policy 000 @toc1:Part Two Policy Consequences toc2:Introduction 000 Chapter 7 The Shifting Local Politics of Population 000 Chapter 8 Restratifying Chinese Society 000 Chapter 9 Remaking China's Politics and Global Position 000 Chapter 10 Conclusion: Lenin, Foucault, and the Governance of Population in China 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The New States of Abortion Politics will change how we think about abortion politics in America." -- Kristin Luker * author of Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood *"The New States of Abortion Politics is invaluable in understanding the current political realities surrounding this vital issue. Well written, insightful, and original." -- Erwin Chemerinsky * author of The Case Against the Supreme Court *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Violence, Law, and Abortion Politics chapter abstractThis chapter provides a broad and detailed view of contemporary abortion politics. It specifically uses Massachusetts's turbulent history of attempts to regulate antiabortion activism in front of clinics to introduce McCullen v. Coakley—the book's central Supreme Court case—and uses it to expose the more contentious and visible phase of abortion politics. It goes on to explore the assent and effect of professional elites and the complexity of abortion politics that exists even within a state that many simply assume to be liberal and in support of abortion rights. 2From Allies to Alliances in the Antiabortion Movement chapter abstractThe second chapter focuses on the importance of professional legal resources for the contemporary politics of abortion. If a movement is going to be successful in court, it needs to work to develop or acquire and support premier legal talent. The New Christian Right, inclusive of the antiabortion movement, has rapidly and effectively done so as evidenced by a close examination of the lawyers and legal organizations involved in McCullen v. Coakley. 3The Past as the Possible Future of Abortion Politics chapter abstractThe third and final chapter places McCullen v. Coakley within the broader contexts of both the history and contemporary state of abortion politics in order to discuss the possible future of the broader conflict. The step back taken in this chapter allows one to better understand why abortion is a contentious issue in the United States, and how the judiciary generally, and the United States Supreme Court specifically, have been the formative engines of abortion politics. The essay's discussion up through Texas House Bill 2 and the resulting Supreme Court case of Whole Woman's Health v Hellerstedt help demonstrate that although the specifics change over time, the established fundamentals of the political process will likely continue to dictate the future forms of the conflict.

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Book SynopsisBrings together the voices of abortion providers, abortion counsellors, clinic owners, neonatologists, bioethicists, and historians to discuss how and why providing abortion care is moral work. The collection offers voices not usually heard as clinicians talk about their work and their thoughts about life and death.Trade Review"Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice." -- Leslie J. Reagan * author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America *"This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful." -- Janet Golden * author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century *"Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice." -- Leslie J. Reagan * author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America *"This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful." -- Janet Golden * author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Providing Abortion CarePart 1 Providers1 A NarrativeMorris Turner2 Being an AbortionistMarc Heller3 Establishing Abortion CounselingTerry BeresfordPart 2 Clinics4 Providing Compassionate Abortion Care in a Hostile ClimateAmy Hagstrom Miller5 Improving Abortion Care One Clinic at a TimeRenee ChelianPart 3 Conscience6 From Conscience Clauses to Conscience WarsSara Dubow7 Abortion as an Act of ConscienceCurtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson-Boyd8 The Meaning of Viability in Abortion CareShelley Sella9 Dangertalk: Voices of Abortion ProvidersLisa A. Martin, Jane A. Hassinger, Michelle Debbink, and Lisa H. HarrisPart 4 The Fetus10 How Science Is Made: Nineteenth-Century Embryology and Fetal InterpretationsShannon K. Withycombe11 A Feminist Defense of Fetal Tissue ResearchThomas V. Cunningham12 Definitions of Viability and Their Meaning for Neonatal CareJohn Colin PartridgeNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisBrings together the voices of abortion providers, abortion counsellors, clinic owners, neonatologists, bioethicists, and historians to discuss how and why providing abortion care is moral work. The collection offers voices not usually heard as clinicians talk about their work and their thoughts about life and death.Trade Review"Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice." -- Leslie J. Reagan * author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America *"This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful." -- Janet Golden * author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century *"Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice." -- Leslie J. Reagan * author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America *"This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful." -- Janet Golden * author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Providing Abortion CarePart 1 Providers1 A NarrativeMorris Turner2 Being an AbortionistMarc Heller3 Establishing Abortion CounselingTerry BeresfordPart 2 Clinics4 Providing Compassionate Abortion Care in a Hostile ClimateAmy Hagstrom Miller5 Improving Abortion Care One Clinic at a TimeRenee ChelianPart 3 Conscience6 From Conscience Clauses to Conscience WarsSara Dubow7 Abortion as an Act of ConscienceCurtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson-Boyd8 The Meaning of Viability in Abortion CareShelley Sella9 Dangertalk: Voices of Abortion ProvidersLisa A. Martin, Jane A. Hassinger, Michelle Debbink, and Lisa H. HarrisPart 4 The Fetus10 How Science Is Made: Nineteenth-Century Embryology and Fetal InterpretationsShannon K. Withycombe11 A Feminist Defense of Fetal Tissue ResearchThomas V. Cunningham12 Definitions of Viability and Their Meaning for Neonatal CareJohn Colin PartridgeNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis anthology aims to offer incisive analysis of the plethora of issues raised by advances in reproductive medicine, including abortion, contraception, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, surrogate motherhood and psychosocial issues of in-vitro fertilisation.Trade Review"A remarkable collection of scholarly essays, philosophical discussions, and ethical arguments concerning reproductive choices." --Choice

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Book SynopsisThe fully updated ninth edition of this bestselling handbook summarizes concisely but fully the methods of contraception, of which there are more now than were ever available to previous generations. This is a practical guide and includes newly launched intrauterine contraceptives. It also explains why new regimens for oral contraception should replace the standard 21/7 ritual that is suboptimal, despite being the norm for the past 60 years. Incorporating relevant WHO and national guidance documents, Professor Guillebaud's writing is appreciated because he describes best practice not only when there is a good evidence-base but also when there is not. He guides clinical judgement in real-world situations, where there often are unknowns yet the healthcare provider is facing a person who needs practical help now, in making their choice of method according to their own priorities. The easy-to-read format includes bulleted text and colour summary boxes that present information at Trade Review"The clear and relaxed style of language makes this book a pleasure to read and the editorial style is consistent which is no great surprise when the book is authored by one person who is an experienced writer.[...] It can be read relatively easily in its entirety or can be dipped into and used as a reference book. It is very versatile and a good read."Dr Harry Brown September 2019Table of ContentsIntroduction. Combined Hormonal Contraception. Progestogen-Only Pill. Injectables. Contraceptive Implants. Intrauterine Contraception. Emergency Contraception. Other Reversible Methods. Special Considerations. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study that shows how similar national and cultural beliefs about gender, sexuality, and Greekness are the basis of both the public condemnation of abortion and its prevalence in Greece.Trade Review“Alexandra Halkias probes the tension between the male-centered, hegemonic assumptions of European nationalism and the representation of the nation as a female body (and the female body as a national property) with an adroit irony leavened by perceptive compassion. At the heart of the paradox of modern Greece, cast as both the despised backwater and the glorious cradle of ‘the West,’ she incisively dissects a concomitant paradox: insistent calls to fill the cradle coexist with a remarkably high rate of abortion. This is politically forthright cultural analysis grounded in intimate and yet also wide-ranging observation.”—Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University“The question of Greek women’s ready use of abortion and their ‘failure’ to use other methods of birth control is one that for some time has intrigued anthropologists. Alexandra Halkias offers provocative arguments regarding the ‘naturalness’ of abortion and the relationship between sexuality and national identity.”—Jill Dubisch, author of In a Different Place: Pilgrimage, Gender, and Politics at a Greek Island ShrineTable of ContentsAcknowledgents xi Introduction 1 Part 1. The Agoras of Agon 1. Setting the Stage: Athens, Greece, Fantasy, and History 19 2. Stage Left: Greek Women 35 3. Center Stage: What is Greece? 53 4. Stage Right: The Demografiko 77 Part 2. In Context, in Contests 5. In the Operating Room: On Cows, Greece, and the Smoking Fetus 89 6. Give Birth for Greece! Abortion and Nation in the Greek Press 113 Part 3. Sexing the Nation 7. Navigating the Night 135 8. The Impossible Dream: The Couple as Mother 207 9. Abortion, Pain, and Agency 235 10. Reprosexuality and the Modern Citizen Face the Specter of Turkey 291 11. A Critical Cartography of the Demografiko’s Greece 319 Epilogue: Theory and Policy 345 Notes 349 References 381

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Book SynopsisThis book is an easy to read book which gives clear and non-technical information about childlessness caused by male infertility, and about how this childlessness can be resolved by the use of donor insemination (DI). The book is written in a question and answer form and covers the issues raised by those seeking or undergoing DI treatment.Trade Review "Informative, easy to read and understand, this book could be recommended to all couples having problems conceiving, to student midwives, student nurses, those involved in all aspects of family planning work, and to all who are interested in human fertility." (Journal of Advanced Nursing) Table of ContentsForeword to the Revised Edition Introduction 1. Male Infertility 2. Childlessness 3. Donor Insemination 4. The Donor Insemination Service 5. Undergoing Donor Insemination Treatment 6. The Semen Donor 7. The Couple and Donor Insemination Treatment 8. Being the Parent of a Child Conceived by Donor Insemination 9. Sharing Information About Donor Insemination Treatment 10. Children Conceived by Donor Insemination Index

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Book SynopsisA handy guide to every method of contraception, helping readers decide what works best for them. Covering how each method works, how to use it correctly and how effective it is, the authors expertly explain how life stage can affect choice, and how hormonal contraception can help other health conditions--Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Conception and the menstrual cycle; 2. Making decisions about contraception; 3. Barrier methods of contraception; 4. Combined hormonal contraception: the pill, patch and vaginal ring; 5. Progestogen-only pill (POP) ; 6. Long-acting reversible contraception: implants, injections and intrauterine devices and systems (coils); 7. Fertility awareness methods of contraception; 8. Emergency contraception; 9. Use of hormonal contraception to treat other conditions.

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive history of contraception in Ireland from the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 to the 1990s. Drawing on oral history and archival sources, Laura Kelly provides insights into the lived experiences of Irish men and women and activists in this period.Trade Review'As reproductive rights emerge with visceral relevance on the international stage, Laura Kelly's intervention with Contraception and Modern Ireland provides a timely reminder that playing politics with people's bodies ends in bedrooms, bathrooms and backstreets of fear. This is a history which finds its rhythm in women's words and those of the first interviewee sum up much of the paradox of Irish society's response to contraception in the twentieth century. 'We were awful innocent', Deirdre, a mother of six recalls, 'We were awful innocent'. Indeed, the awfulness often sat in deadly proximity to that innocence causing, until Kelly's book, untold misery, fear, and anxiety. This impressive book charts the history of the last generation in Ireland to live without access to legal contraception. It explores the implications of that legacy, the shifting ground of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the development and impact of reproductive activism, and, through oral history, accesses for the first time the quiet, private and everyday ways women and men negotiated the realities of 'awful innocence' in the bedroom.' Lindsey Earner-Byrne, University College Cork'Laura Kelly has masterfully captured the interlocking spaces of religious, political and health expertise, activism and sexual practices that have shaped the circulation of contraception in modern Ireland. This beautifully written and thoroughly researched book is a key contribution to the history of contraception and, through the personal narratives of Irish men and women who advocated for, prescribed, used, desired and rejected birth control, uniquely illuminating.' Agata Ignaciuk, University of Granada'In this fascinating study of contraception in Ireland between the 1920s and 1990s, Laura Kelly provides us with a nuanced narrative that fully captures the complexities of sexuality in modern Irish society. Her use of oral histories to illuminate the experiences of men and women negotiating family planning and contraception makes for a rich and valuable study of those whose stories would otherwise be lost. This book is sure to become the definitive history of reproductive rights in modern Ireland.' Wendy Kline, Purdue University, Indiana'Eloquently and thoughtfully written, this book offers a ground-breaking, original and significant contribution to our understanding of contraception in twentieth century Ireland. The mix of archival and oral history methodologies offers a unique perspective on the subject and is an exemplar of how to use oral testimony in an effective and engaging way.' Leanne McCormick, Ulster University'… this book is full of important testimony about endurance … absorbing, disturbing, and revealing.' Diarmaid FerriterTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Access to contraception and family planning information in Ireland from the 1920s to the 1950s; 2. Sexual knowledge and morality from the 1940s to the 1970s; 3. Birth control practices and attitudes to contraception in the 1960s and 1970s; 4. The pill, women's agency and doctor-patient relationships in the 1960s and 1970s; 5. The Catholic Church, 'sympathetic' priests and religious influences on family planning after Humane Vitae; 6. Family planning clinics and activism in the 1970s; 7. Feminist campaigns for free, safe and legal contraception in the 1970s; 8. Campaigns against contraception in 1970s and 1980s Ireland; 9. Family planning after the Family Planning Act: access to contraception in 1980s and 1990s Ireland; Conclusion; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR MUMS-TO-BE WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR.Part diary, part colouring book, and part brutally honest (and hysterically funny) collection of advice, this is for the new mother who wants to chill out, laugh her face off, and realise with every page that she is not alone.Two stars of the lifestyle and parenting blogosphere invoke the mindless fun and nostalgic appeal of an old-school activity book in this irreverent, laugh-out-loud twist on the traditional baby journal, with illustrated activities, lists, essays, and musings on what pregnancy is really like. - Wordsearches: Nope, Sorry (All the Stuff You''re Not Allowed to Have Anymore); Bad Baby Names- Mazes: Make it from Your Desk to the Bathroom Without Throwing Up- Lists: How to Baby Shop Without Crying- Advice: Yoga Teachers (Also Your Mum Friends, Your Parents, People on Facebook, All Articles, and Everyone You Meet) Want to Tell You How to Give Birth, But You Don t

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Book SynopsisA sweeping chronicle of women's battles for reproductive freedomReproductive politics in the United States has always been about who has the power to decidelawmakers, the courts, clergy, physicians, or the woman herself. Authorities have rarely put women's needs and interests at the center of these debates. Instead, they have created reproductive laws and policies to solve a variety of social and political problems, with outcomes that affect the lives of different groups of women differently. Reproductive politics were at play when slaveholders devised breeding schemes, when the US government took indigenous children from their families in the nineteenth century, and when doctors pressured Latina women to be sterilized in the 1970s. Tracing the main plot lines of women's reproductive lives, the leading historian Rickie Solinger redefines the idea of reproductive freedom, putting race and class at the center of the effort to control sex and pregnancy in America over time. RevisitingTrade Review"This succinct, highly readable political and cultural history of a wide range of reproductive issues is a near-perfect primer on the topic." -- Publishers Weekly"Readers will find within this book a deeply researched and fine analysis of reproductive politics spanning 250 years. It definitely should be of interest to legal scholars and law students and also to political and social historians." -- The American Journal of Legal History"Offers a thoughtful, lucid overview of reproductive issues throughout US history—an extremely valuable contribution that should be widely read." -- Linda Gordon, author of The Moral Property of Women

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Book SynopsisA sweeping chronicle of women's battles for reproductive freedomReproductive politics in the United States has always been about who has the power to decidelawmakers, the courts, clergy, physicians, or the woman herself. Authorities have rarely put women's needs and interests at the center of these debates. Instead, they have created reproductive laws and policies to solve a variety of social and political problems, with outcomes that affect the lives of different groups of women differently. Reproductive politics were at play when slaveholders devised breeding schemes, when the US government took indigenous children from their families in the nineteenth century, and when doctors pressured Latina women to be sterilized in the 1970s. Tracing the main plot lines of women's reproductive lives, the leading historian Rickie Solinger redefines the idea of reproductive freedom, putting race and class at the center of the effort to control sex and pregnancy in America over time. RevisitingTrade Review"This succinct, highly readable political and cultural history of a wide range of reproductive issues is a near-perfect primer on the topic." -- Publishers Weekly"Readers will find within this book a deeply researched and fine analysis of reproductive politics spanning 250 years. It definitely should be of interest to legal scholars and law students and also to political and social historians." -- The American Journal of Legal History"Offers a thoughtful, lucid overview of reproductive issues throughout US history—an extremely valuable contribution that should be widely read." -- Linda Gordon, author of The Moral Property of Women

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Book SynopsisExamines the history of illegal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in California’s anti-abortion statute throughout the twentieth century. Trade Review"[From Back Alley to the Border] effectively challenges readers to consider how legal and social frameworks come together to constrict people's reproductive autonomy both in the past and in the present."—Natalie Lira, California History“In this first history about the underground abortion network in the west, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine explores abortion providers and those who sought them during the anti-abortion statute era in California. Well-researched and accessible, this volume illustrates how the past truly informs the future.”—Karla Strand, Ms. Magazine“Gutierrez-Romine’s story of the [Pacific Coast Abortion Ring] offers fascinating insight into an elaborate crime syndicate that also provided women with an essential medical procedure.”—Jennifer L. Holland, Pacific Historical Review"Well-written and accessible to students, this book bears ample witness to the fact that although access to abortion (legal or illegal) can change drastically through time, the desperate need for the service does not."—A. H. Koblitz, Choice“Gutierrez-Romine’s important book on illegal abortion reminds us that those who have historically been labelled as ‘criminals’ cannot—and should not—be understood outside the context of the society and the circumstances in which they lived.”—Erin N. Bush, assistant professor of U.S. and digital history at the University of North Georgia“Alicia Gutierrez-Romine skillfully walks the reader through the complicated world of criminal abortion and, in the process, reveals how racialized logics, changing family values, and evolving legal frameworks created the post–Roe v. Wade world we inherited. This transnational account offers rich historical context while insightfully illuminating dozens of fascinating individual stories of women’s choice—and lack thereof. From Back Alley to the Border is an urgent and eloquently argued contribution to contemporary debates about the value of life, family, and reproductive freedom.”—Suzanna Krivulskaya, assistant professor of history at California State University, San MarcosTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Back Alley: Butchers and the Underworld 2. Regular Physicians, Irregular Circumstances: Loopholes and Scandals 3. Inconceivable Blackness: Race, Medicine, and Contraception 4. “The Mid-Wife Type”: Wicked Women Abortionists 5. The Pacific Coast Abortion Ring: Organized Crime and Criminal Ambitions 6. After PCAR: Surveillance, Repression, and Restriction 7. To the Border: “Tijuana Abortions” and Legal Vagueness Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the history of illegal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in California’s anti-abortion statute throughout the twentieth century. Trade Review"[From Back Alley to the Border] effectively challenges readers to consider how legal and social frameworks come together to constrict people's reproductive autonomy both in the past and in the present."—Natalie Lira, California History“In this first history about the underground abortion network in the west, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine explores abortion providers and those who sought them during the anti-abortion statute era in California. Well-researched and accessible, this volume illustrates how the past truly informs the future.”—Karla Strand, Ms. Magazine“Gutierrez-Romine’s story of the [Pacific Coast Abortion Ring] offers fascinating insight into an elaborate crime syndicate that also provided women with an essential medical procedure.”—Jennifer L. Holland, Pacific Historical Review"Well-written and accessible to students, this book bears ample witness to the fact that although access to abortion (legal or illegal) can change drastically through time, the desperate need for the service does not."—A. H. Koblitz, Choice“Gutierrez-Romine’s important book on illegal abortion reminds us that those who have historically been labelled as ‘criminals’ cannot—and should not—be understood outside the context of the society and the circumstances in which they lived.”—Erin N. Bush, assistant professor of U.S. and digital history at the University of North Georgia“Alicia Gutierrez-Romine skillfully walks the reader through the complicated world of criminal abortion and, in the process, reveals how racialized logics, changing family values, and evolving legal frameworks created the post–Roe v. Wade world we inherited. This transnational account offers rich historical context while insightfully illuminating dozens of fascinating individual stories of women’s choice—and lack thereof. From Back Alley to the Border is an urgent and eloquently argued contribution to contemporary debates about the value of life, family, and reproductive freedom.”—Suzanna Krivulskaya, assistant professor of history at California State University, San MarcosTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Back Alley: Butchers and the Underworld 2. Regular Physicians, Irregular Circumstances: Loopholes and Scandals 3. Inconceivable Blackness: Race, Medicine, and Contraception 4. “The Mid-Wife Type”: Wicked Women Abortionists 5. The Pacific Coast Abortion Ring: Organized Crime and Criminal Ambitions 6. After PCAR: Surveillance, Repression, and Restriction 7. To the Border: “Tijuana Abortions” and Legal Vagueness Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMexico is at the center of the global battle over abortion. In 2007, a watershed reform legalized the procedure in the national capital, making it one of just three places across Latin America where it was permitted at the time. Abortion care is now available on demand and free of cost through a pioneering program of the Mexico City Ministry of Health, which has served hundreds of thousands of women. At the same time, abortion laws have grown harsher in several states outside the capital as part of a coordinated national backlash. In this book, Elyse Ona Singer argues that while pregnant women in Mexico today have options that were unavailable just over a decade ago, they are also subject to the expanded reach of the Mexican state and the Catholic Church over their bodies and reproductive lives. By analyzing the moral politics of clinical encounters in Mexico City's public abortion program, Lawful Sins offers a critical account of the relationship among reproductive rights, gendered citizenship, and public healthcare. With timely insights on global struggles for reproductive justice, Singer reorients prevailing perspectives that approach abortion rights as a hallmark of women's citizenship in liberal societies.Trade Review"This engrossing ethnography shows legal abortion in Mexico City to be a much-needed expansion of healthcare—and a site where norms of 'good' and 'responsible' womanhood are perpetuated rather than challenged. By sharing patients, staff, and activist experiences of this conundrum with nuance and care, Singer enables readers to think in new ways about what reproductive justice might truly mean."—Emily Wentzell, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The University of Iowa"Elyse Ona Singer's beautiful, riveting account takes us inside Mexico's reckoning with reproductive rights. Her moving, honest stories from Mexico City abortion clinics show staff and patients acting with humility, humanity, and a healthy dose of ethical ambivalence. Lawful Sins is a brilliant, timely ethnography, offering insights into the tangled relations between Church and state as each strives to control reproductive lives and bodies."—Lynn M. Morgan, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Mount Holyoke College"In lucid and lively prose, Elyse Ona Singer tells a surprising story about abortion in Mexico. Yes, in Mexico City abortion is now legal. But the women who seek it refuse to live as autonomous rights bearers. Instead, they reckon with abortion only in relation to others: their families and God. Crucial reading for anyone engaged in debates about contemporary personhood, autonomy and reproductive governance."—Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan"Elyse Ona Singer provides an antidote to rigid U.S. abortion discourse by inviting the reader to delve into Mexico's abortion climate—characterized as it is by its endless shades of gray and nuance. ... despite being an 'outsider' in her research, Singer paints a vivid and moving account that indicates a deep respect for and desire to understand both Mexico and its people."—Andréa Becker, Gender & Society"An incredibly timely book,Lawful Sinsis an important intervention in hemispheric and indeed global debates about women and reproduction. Highly recommended."—B. A. Lucero, CHOICE"At such a turbulent time for abortion access in the Americas, Singer's book offers a chance for reflection and deeper understanding of the many issues at stake....Lawful Sins invites the reader to think beyond rights and engage instead with justice-oriented frameworks."—Lucía Guerra Reyes, American Ethnologist"A central contribution of Singer's book is the clear window it provides into the everyday goings-on inside Mexico City's ILE clinics. The reader gets a vivid sense of clinicians' and patients' experiences at clinics, as well as the infrastructural problems that make abortion difficult to provide and to access, including resource shortages, long wait times, limited appointments, and challenging commutes."—Natalie L. Kimball, Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Past Is Never Dead ... : Reproductive Governance in Modern Mexico 2. The Right to Sin: Abortion Rights in the Shadow of the Church 3. Being (a) Patient: The Making of Public Abortion 4. Abortion as Social Labor: Protection and Responsibility in Public Abortion Care 5. At the Limit of Rights: Abortion in the Extralegal Sphere Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMexico is at the center of the global battle over abortion. In 2007, a watershed reform legalized the procedure in the national capital, making it one of just three places across Latin America where it was permitted at the time. Abortion care is now available on demand and free of cost through a pioneering program of the Mexico City Ministry of Health, which has served hundreds of thousands of women. At the same time, abortion laws have grown harsher in several states outside the capital as part of a coordinated national backlash. In this book, Elyse Ona Singer argues that while pregnant women in Mexico today have options that were unavailable just over a decade ago, they are also subject to the expanded reach of the Mexican state and the Catholic Church over their bodies and reproductive lives. By analyzing the moral politics of clinical encounters in Mexico City's public abortion program, Lawful Sins offers a critical account of the relationship among reproductive rights, gendered citizenship, and public healthcare. With timely insights on global struggles for reproductive justice, Singer reorients prevailing perspectives that approach abortion rights as a hallmark of women's citizenship in liberal societies.Trade Review"This engrossing ethnography shows legal abortion in Mexico City to be a much-needed expansion of healthcare—and a site where norms of 'good' and 'responsible' womanhood are perpetuated rather than challenged. By sharing patients, staff, and activist experiences of this conundrum with nuance and care, Singer enables readers to think in new ways about what reproductive justice might truly mean."—Emily Wentzell, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The University of Iowa"Elyse Ona Singer's beautiful, riveting account takes us inside Mexico's reckoning with reproductive rights. Her moving, honest stories from Mexico City abortion clinics show staff and patients acting with humility, humanity, and a healthy dose of ethical ambivalence. Lawful Sins is a brilliant, timely ethnography, offering insights into the tangled relations between Church and state as each strives to control reproductive lives and bodies."—Lynn M. Morgan, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Mount Holyoke College"In lucid and lively prose, Elyse Ona Singer tells a surprising story about abortion in Mexico. Yes, in Mexico City abortion is now legal. But the women who seek it refuse to live as autonomous rights bearers. Instead, they reckon with abortion only in relation to others: their families and God. Crucial reading for anyone engaged in debates about contemporary personhood, autonomy and reproductive governance."—Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan"Elyse Ona Singer provides an antidote to rigid U.S. abortion discourse by inviting the reader to delve into Mexico's abortion climate—characterized as it is by its endless shades of gray and nuance. ... despite being an 'outsider' in her research, Singer paints a vivid and moving account that indicates a deep respect for and desire to understand both Mexico and its people."—Andréa Becker, Gender & Society"An incredibly timely book,Lawful Sinsis an important intervention in hemispheric and indeed global debates about women and reproduction. Highly recommended."—B. A. Lucero, CHOICE"At such a turbulent time for abortion access in the Americas, Singer's book offers a chance for reflection and deeper understanding of the many issues at stake....Lawful Sins invites the reader to think beyond rights and engage instead with justice-oriented frameworks."—Lucía Guerra Reyes, American Ethnologist"A central contribution of Singer's book is the clear window it provides into the everyday goings-on inside Mexico City's ILE clinics. The reader gets a vivid sense of clinicians' and patients' experiences at clinics, as well as the infrastructural problems that make abortion difficult to provide and to access, including resource shortages, long wait times, limited appointments, and challenging commutes."—Natalie L. Kimball, Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Past Is Never Dead ... : Reproductive Governance in Modern Mexico 2. The Right to Sin: Abortion Rights in the Shadow of the Church 3. Being (a) Patient: The Making of Public Abortion 4. Abortion as Social Labor: Protection and Responsibility in Public Abortion Care 5. At the Limit of Rights: Abortion in the Extralegal Sphere Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBirth controlled analyses the world of selective reproduction – the politics of who gets to legitimately reproduce the future – through a cross-cultural analysis of three modes of ‘controlling’ birth: contraception, reproductive violence and repro-genetic technologies. It argues that as fertility rates decline worldwide, the fervour to control fertility, and fertile bodies, does not dissipate; what evolves is the preferred mode of control. Although new technologies like those that assist conception or allow genetic selection may appear to be an antithesis of other violent versions of population control, this book demonstrates that both are part of the same continuum. All population control policies target and vilify women (Black women in particular), and coerce them into subjecting their bodies to state and medical surveillance; Birth controlled argues that assisted reproductive technologies and repro-genetic technologies employ a similar and stratified burden of blame and responsibility based on gender, race, class and caste. To empirically and historically ground the analysis, the book includes contributions from two postcolonial nations, South Africa and India, examining interactions between the history of colonialism and the economics of neoliberal markets and their influence on the technologies and politics of selective reproduction.The book provides a critical, interdisciplinary and cutting-edge dialogue around the interconnected issues that shape reproductive politics in an ostensibly ‘post-population control’ era. The contributions draw on a breadth of disciplines ranging from gender studies, sociology, medical anthropology, politics and science and technology studies to theology, public health and epidemiology, facilitating an interdisciplinary dialogue around the interconnected modes of controlling birth and practices of neo-eugenics.Table of ContentsForeword - Betsy HartmannIntroduction – Amrita PandePrologue: Malika Ndlovu Part I: Birth projects1 Birth Projects, Selective reproduction and neoliberal eugenics – Amrita Pande 2 Spectres of biological politics: conversations within and across South Asia – Sushmita Chatterjee, Deboleena Roy, Banu Subramaniam 3 Ved Garbh Vihar: Hindutva’s latest neo-eugenic repronational project – Vasudha Mohanka 4 Racialising ancient skeletons: how haplotypes are mobilised in the re-writing of origin stories in the Indian media – Devika Prakash5 Bio-power and assisted reproductive technologies in the global south: An ethical response from South Africa – Manitza KotzePart II: Birth violated6 Injectable contraceptives: technologies of power and language of rights – C. Sathyamala 7 Stratified and violent: young women’s experiences of access to reproductive health in southern Africa – Kezia Batisai8 The politics of naming: contested vocabularies of birth violence – Rachelle Chadwick9 Individuals, institutions, and the global political economy: unpacking intentionality in obstetric violence – Sreeparna ChattopadhyayPart III: Birth assisted10 ‘The first thing is to…survive’: Dalit feminist voices on reproductive rights in India – Johanna Gondouin, Suruchi Thapar-Björkert and Mohan Rao 11 Hamstrung by hardship: protecting egg donors’ reproductive labour in Kolkata, India – Meghna Mukherjee 12 The egg donation economy in South Africa: different levels of biopolitics – Verena Namberger 13 Subjects of scarcity: making white egg providers in the repro-hub of South Africa – Tessa Moll 14 The resurgence of eugenics through egg donation in South Africa: race as a central and ‘obvious’ choice – Rufaro Moyo Epilogue: Malika Ndlovu

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Book Synopsis“Contraceptive sex,” wrote social science researcher Mary Eberstadt in 2012, “is the fundamental social fact of our time.” In this important and pointed book, Charles E. Rice, of the Notre Dame Law School, makes the novel claim that the acceptance of contraception is a prelude to persecution. He makes the striking point that contraception is not essentially about sex. It is a First Commandment issue: Who is God? It was at the Anglican Lambeth Conference of 1930 when for the first time a Christian denomination said that contraception could ever be a moral choice. The advent of the Pill in the 1960s made the practice of contraception practically universal. This involved a massive displacement of the Divine Law as a normative measure of conduct, not only on sex but across the board. Nature abhors a vacuum. The State moved in to occupy the place formerly held by God as the ultimate moral Lawgiver. The State put itself on a collision course with religious groups and especially with the Catholic Church, which continues to insist on that traditional teacher. A case in point is the Obama Regime’s Health Care Mandate, coercing employees to provide, contrary to conscience, abortifacients and contraceptives to their employees. The first chapter describes that Mandate, which the Catholic bishops have vowed not to obey. Rice goes on to show that the duty to disobey an unjust law that would compel you to violate the Divine Law does not confer a general right to pick and choose what laws you will obey. The third chapter describes the “main event,” which is the bout to determine whether the United States will conform its law and culture to the homosexual (LGBTQ) lifestyle in all its respects. “The main event is well underway and LGBTQ is well ahead on points.” Professor Rice follows with a clear analysis of the 2013 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. Part II presents some “underlying causes” of the accelerating persecution of the Catholic Church. The four chapter headings in this part outline the picture: The Dictatorship of Relativism; Conscience Redefined; The Constitution: Moral Neutrality; and The Constitution: Still Taken Seriously? The answer to the last question, as you might expect, is: No. Part III, the controversial heart of the book, presents contraception as “an unacknowledged cause” of persecution. The first chapter argues that contraception is not just a “Catholic issue.” The next chapter describes the “consequences” of contraception and the treatment of women as objects. The third chapter spells out in detail the reality that contraception is a First Commandment issue and that its displacement of God as the ultimate moral authority opened the door for the State to assume that role, bringing on a persecution of the Church. The last chapter, “A Teaching Untaught,” details the admitted failure of the American Catholic bishops to teach Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae. But Rice offers hope that the bishops are now getting their act together Part IV offers as a “response” to the persecution of the Church three remedies: Speak the Truth with clarity and charity; Trust God; and, most important, Pray. As the last sentence in the book puts it: “John Paul II wrote in a letter to U.S. bishops in 1993: ‘America needs much prayer – lest it lose its soul.’” This readable and provocative book is abundantly documented with a detailed index of names and subjects.

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Book SynopsisHormonal contraception has been an available method of birth control for over four decades Despite this, women''s knowledge often moves between myth and reality, and never has another medical finding aroused over similar controversial opinions. Misperceptions, previous personal experience, suggestion by poor experience from other women and influence of mass media, sometimes contribute to noncompliance or drop-out of the used hormonal contraceptive method because of the user''s rational or irrational anxieties (1). In fact, this flash- information may lead to a clear-cut relationship between negative suggestion and the incidence of emotional refusal(2). Particularly, the mass media continue to show an ambiguous behaviour enhancing the health risks of COCs use with a generic and uncritical manner or emphasising the good effects of the hormonal contraceptives without informing about their risks.

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Book SynopsisAssisted reproductive technology (ART) now accounts for 13% of all live births in the western world. Several procedures that may be used in the ART process are hormonal stimulation, egg retrieval, in vitro fertilisation (IVF), intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, micro-manipulation of gametes; and exposure to culture medium. Although these techniques are considered safe, in recent years evidence has been accumulating that ART may be associated with an increased risk of birth defects, low birth weight, and genetic imprinting disorders. This book provides current research in reproductive technology with a focus on Down''s Syndrome screening in assisted conception pregnancies; sexed semen technology in buffalo breeding and reproductive technologies; a nation-wide study of assisted reproductive technology and multiple births and accompanied birth defects; and assisted reproductive technologies and the risk for autism spectrum disorder.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors present current research in the study of contraceptives and their predictors of use, role of cultural attitudes and practices and levels of effectiveness. Topics discussed in this compilation include the history of contraception from the ancient Egyptians to the "morning after" pill; the implicit social cognition of attitudes toward contraceptives and the implications for sexual behaviour; improving contraceptive choices and use; qualities of romantic relationships and consistent condom use among dating young adults; and contraceptive use and non-use among the Black and Latina populations.

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Book SynopsisParents and parents-to-be are bombarded with information, from what to expect to what to do (and not to do) when it happens. But what they may not realize is that from the chemistry of pregnancy tests to the vacuum physics of breastfeeding, there is fascinating science at the heart of every aspect of creating and raising a new human. Written by science journalist Michael Banks, The Secret Science of Baby won’t tell you how to raise a perfect violin-playing, mandarin-speaking toddler, but it will shed a new light on how and why things happen as they do — from conception and pregnancy to cooing and pooing. Exploring the hidden physics behind uterine contractions, the fluid dynamics of diapers, and more, both parents and curious non-parents (who, after all, were once babies themselves) will gain a fresh perspective on the infant universe . . . and the thrilling science that makes it possible. In these pages, readers will discover: The physics of the playground and common toys — from the swing to the Slinky What it really means to 'sleep like a baby' The surprising shared vocal cord features of lions and (human) infants The miracle of a baby's first breath and how surface tension provided the key to helping preemies breathe Banks draws from his own experience, interviews with scientists, and the latest research (including some involving conception inside an MRI machine) to offer a book that focuses on “how?” rather than “how-to.” The result is an illuminating and hilarious journey through the everyday science of making, baking, and bringing up baby.

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Book SynopsisUntil the late 1960s, the authorities on abortion were for the mostpart men—politicians, clergy, lawyers, physicians, all of whomhad an interest in regulating women’s bodies. Even today, when wehear women speak publicly about abortion, the voices are usually thoseof the leaders of women’s and abortion rights organizations,women who hold political office, and, on occasion, female physicians.We also hear quite frequently from spokeswomen for anti-abortiongroups. Rarely, however, do we hear the voices of ordinarywomen—women whose lives have been in some way touched byabortion. Their thoughts typically owe more to human circumstance thanto ideology, and without them, we run the risk of thinking and talkingabout the issue of abortion only in the abstract. Without Apology seeks to address this issue by gatheringthe voices of activists, feminists, and scholars as well as abortionproviders and clinic support staff alongside the stories of women whoseexperience with abortion is more personal. With the particular aim ofmoving beyond the polarizing rhetoric that has characterized the issueof abortion and reproductive justice for so long, WithoutApology is an engrossing and arresting account that will promoteboth reflection and discussion.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Without Apology / Shannon Stettner 1 Abortion in Canada: A History / Shannon Stettner Part I Speaking from Experience 2 Giving Voice to the Unspeakable / Judith Mintz 3 T.A. / Clarissa Hurley 4 But I Kept All These Things, and Pondered Them in My Heart / JessWoolford 5 Keep It Small / Evey Hornbeck 6 A Bad Law and a Bold Woman / Bernadette Wagner 7 I Don’t Blame the Abortion / Rebecca 8 [untitled] / Mackenzie Part II Abortion Rights Activism 9 The Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics: Reproductive Freedomand the Campaign to Overturn the Federal Abortion Law / Carolyn Eganand Linda Gardner 10 The Radical Handmaids and Stephen Harper’s War on Women,Battleground 2012: Reopening the Abortion Debate / Aalya Ahmad /Radical Handmaids 11 Arts4choice.com / Martha Solomon 12 "We Can Get There Faster If We All Move Together": TheBirth of a Reproductive Justice Academic Activist / ColleenMacQuarrie 13 We Need to See Change: One Woman’s Motivations for PushingWaves on Prince Edward Island / Sadie Roberts 14 Pro-Choice Organizing on Canadian University Campuses: Unpackingthe Debate over Free Speech Versus Hate Speech / Kelly Holloway Part III Challenging Opposing Positions 15 Blinded by the Right: My Past as an Anti-abortion Activist /Natalie Lochwin 16 One Woman’s Evolving View of Abortion / Tracey L.Anderson 17 Pro-Choice for God’s Sake / Shannon Pinkney 18 Abortion Commentary / Laura Wershler 19 Pro-abortion and Proud: Exploring Alternative ReproductiveJustice Labels / Laura Gillespie 20 Same as It Ever Was: Anti-Choice Extremism and the "ThirdWay" / Jane Cawthorne 21 Women over Ideology / Nick Van der Graaf Part IV Practitioners and Clinic Support 22 Lessons from Life in Abortion Care / Peggy Cooke 23 "Do you think I will go to hell for this?" / RuthMiller 24 The Counsellor’s Voice / Erin Mullan 25 Empathy: Whose Choice Is OK? / Ellen Wiebe 26 Therapeutic Abortion / Sterling Haynes 27 "I am proud to provide abortions" / Evan James Part V Sites of Struggle 28 The Choice Between Rights and Revolution / Karen Stote 29 Sex Selection Abortions: The Politics of Race in MulticulturalCanada / Bindy Kang 30 The Public Pregnancy: How the Fetal Debut and the Public HealthParadigm Affect Pregnancy Practice / Jen Rinaldi 31 A Harm-Reduction Approach to Abortion / Shannon Dea The Unfinished Revolution / Shannon Stettner

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