Autonomous Motherhood?: A Socio-Legal Study of Choice and Constraint

by Table F Eministe Francophone de Concertation Provinciale de, Fiona Kelly, Susan B. Boyd, et al.

Book Overview

Since the end of the Second World War, increasing numbers of women have decided to become mothers without intending the biological father or a partner to participate in parenting. Many conceive via donor insemination or adopt; others become pregnant after a brief sexual relationship and decide to parent alone.

Using a feminist socio-legal framework, Autonomous Motherhood? probes fundamental assumptions within the law about the nature of family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442626453
• ISBN13: 9781442626454
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher