Publisher's Synopsis
"Using a reproductive justice framework, Understanding Reproduction in Social Contexts walks students through the social landscape around reproduction and reproduction in a life course perspective. Chapters by cutting-edge reproductive scholars address the social control of fertility and pregnancy, the promises and perils of assisted reproductive technologies, experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth, and how individuals make sense of and respond to the cultural, social, and political forces that condition their reproductive lives. The inclusion of timely topics such as increased legal limitations on abortion, transpeople and reproduction, and new developments in assisted reproduction and family formation, speaks to the current generation of students. An essential text for undergraduate and graduate courses on families, gender, public health, reproduction, and sexuality"-- Provided by. publisher.
