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Policing the womb : invisible women and the criminal costs of motherhood / Michele Goodwin, University of California, Irvine

データ種別 図書
出版者 Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press
出版年 2020
本文言語 英語
大きさ xiv, 323 p. ; 24 cm

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一般図書 : hardback 326/P76 2000107288
9781107030176

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一般注記 Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "This is not a work of fiction, although I wish it were. Some of the cases described here could evoke the imagery evoked by Mary Shelly, author of Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, who tells a horror story about a young, rogue scientist who creates an unsightly monster through clandestine, aberrant experimentation. Although Frankenstein is the name of the monster's creator, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, readers would be forgiven for debating who the real monster happens to be. In Policing the Womb, the story of Marlise Muñoz comes to mind. Brain dead, decomposing in a Texas hospital, under legislation from the state, forced to gestate a barely developing fetus while her body decays and the anomalies in the fetus mount. Eventually, it will be reported that the fetus is hydrocephalic, which means severe brain damage in this case and water or fluid developing on its brain. Medical reports will also show that the fetus is not developing its lower extremities. The state knows brain death is irreversibl
著者標目 *Goodwin, Michele author
件 名 LCSH:Reproductive rights -- United States  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Pregnant women -- Civil rights -- United States  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Maternal and infant welfare -- Law and legislation -- United States  全ての件名で検索
WISH:妊娠
WISH:中絶
WISH:司法
分 類 LCC:HQ766.5.U5
DC23:342.08/5
書誌ID BB11493832
ISBN 9781107030176
NCID BC07857044 WCLINK
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