Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood

by Michele Goodwin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108747590
• ISBN13: 9781108747592
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"