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Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood

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Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood - Goodwin, Michele
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In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow extraordinary powers to state authorities over reproductive freedom and pregnancies. In this book, Michele Goodwin discusses real ...

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Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood 2023, Blackstone Publishing

ISBN-13: 9798212278560

Audiobook CD

Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood 2022, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781108747592

Trade paperback

Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood 2020, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107030176

Hardcover