Womb politics : a short history of the future of human reproduction / Frida Simonstein.
Simonstein, Frida.
2022
QP251
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Title Womb politics : a short history of the future of human reproduction / Frida Simonstein.
Author Simonstein, Frida.
ISBN 9783031116544 (electronic bk.)
3031116542 (electronic bk.)
3031116534
9783031116537
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11654-4
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-11654-4 doi
Call Number QP251
Dewey Decimal Classification 176
Summary This book offers a vision of politics that govern the womb; from antiquity (be fertile and replenish the earth), through the ages (hysterectomy, to extirpate womens hysteria), up to the present time (abortion wars; assisted reproduction), and into the future (reprogenetics; the artificial womb). It explores how the womb has served humanity, either tacitly or explicitly, through the ages and examines how women have accepted and still perceive the rules created by men as natural - including the new anti-abortion laws in the USA - because that is the way things are. The book also explores how the merging of assisted reproduction technologies and novel genetic tools (reprogenetics) will pose additional challenges to womb bearers, as all women will be made to reproduce with IVF. What is more, the advent of the artificial womb is in sight; the gender and social implications of this development would be enormous. Certainly not just another organ, the womb has been and remains a powerful tool that cannot be left to the decisions of half of the population. This book engages a wide audience, including women and men, professionals and laypersons who are interested in gender, politics, legislation, womens health, and ethics.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series International library of bioethics ; 99.
Available in Other Form WOMB POLITICS.
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