Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy

by Andrea Becker

An examination of hysterectomy and the struggle for bodily and reproductive autonomy

At least one hysterectomy is performed every minute of the year, making it the most common gynecological surgery worldwide. By the age of sixty-five, one out of five people born with a uterus will have it removed. So, why do we seldom talk about this surgery? Highly performed yet overlooked, examining the paradox of hysterectomy begins to unravel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147982660X
• ISBN13: 9781479826605
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages