The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood
Author:   Grace E. Howard
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   10
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9780520391079


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   04 June 2024
Format:   Paperback
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The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood


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Decades before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pregnant people faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they gestated. The Pregnancy Police investigates the legal arguments undergirding these prosecutions and sheds much-needed light on the networks of healthcare providers, social workers, and legal personnel participating in this ongoing surveillance and punishment of pregnant people. Drawing on detailed analyses of legislation, statements from prosecutors and law enforcement, and records from over a thousand arrest cases, Grace E. Howard traces the long history of state attempts to regulate and control people with the capacity for pregnancy—from the early twentieth century's white supremacist eugenics to the end of Roe and the ever-increasing criminalization of abortion across the United States.

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Author:   Grace E. Howard
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520391079


ISBN 10:   0520391071
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   04 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents List of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  Introduction  1. The Peril of Protection  2. Angels and Antimothers  3. Bad Breeders  4. “The Dead Babies May Be the Lucky Ones”  5. “I Felt Like Nobody”  6. Wielding the Velvet Hammer  7. Conclusion  Appendix 1: Methodology  Appendix 2: Court Cases  Notes  References  Index

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Grace Howard is Associate Professor of Justice Studies at San José State University.

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