Reproductive Rights

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These Are My Children

These Are My Children

From: The M Word

Christa Couture reflects on proof of motherhood, the loss of a child, mourning, bereavement, guilt, and a message for her ‘little ones.’ 11 $1.10 Add
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Three

Three

From: The Seed

This chapter begins with the historical beginnings of the reproductive rights movement and how these ideas have changed over time. Kimball discusses reproductive rights and feminism in relation … 26 $2.60 Add
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Truth, Dare, Double Dare

Truth, Dare, Double Dare

From: The M Word

Heather Birrell reflects on motherhood as a writer, the fears of new mothers, selfishness, unexpected pregnancy, abortion, and more. 10 $1.00 Add
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Twin Selves

Twin Selves

From: The M Word

Julie Booker reflects on her life and journey to motherhood. Topics discussed include career, marriage, childlessness, grief, multiples, and motherhood after forty. 9 $0.90 Add
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Two

Two

From: The Seed

This chapter starts with a discussion of women’s progress in society as it relates to the topic of infertility. She discusses the history of film and pop culture references regarding … 22 $2.20 Add
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Typical Girls
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Typical Girls

Intersections

From: Bleed

Lindeman examines how the various intersecting characteristics of a patient’s identity will directly inform their ability to be accurately diagnosed and receive proper medical care. She … 32 $3.20 Add
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Unwed, Not Dead

Unwed, Not Dead

From: The M Word

Myrl Coulter reflects on her youth in 1967 Winnipeg, teen pregnancy, unmarried mothers, adoption, boarding homes for unwed mothers, music, the Canadian Criminal Code, and more. 17 $1.70 Add
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Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity

Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity

From: Stolen Motherhood

The author critiques the for-profit contract based model of surrogacy and looks at the implications of this model. She touches on concepts of medical ethics, individualism, social infertility, … 22 $2.20 Add
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We're Desperate
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We’re Desperate

to breed or not to breed?

From: Bleed

In this chapter, Lindeman examines how reproductive health is impacted by the financially lucrative pharmaceutical industry. She recounts the non-consensual drug trials, mass-sterilizations, and … 44 $4.40 Add
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What Can’t Be Packed Away

What Can’t Be Packed Away

From: The M Word

Marita Dachsel reflects on moving, death, SIDS, superstition, names, nostalgia, child safety and freedom. 9 $0.90 Add
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What Do I Get?
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What Do I Get?

navigating the healthcare minefield

From: Bleed

In this chapter, Lindeman examines reproductive rights in the context of hysterectomies. She describes her own personal experience attempting to obtain a hysterectomy, the dismissal of female … 12 $1.20 Add
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Whose Child Is This?

Whose Child Is This?

“Surrogacy,” Authority, and Responsibility

From: Surrogacy in Canada

In Chapter 1, Christine Overall, while accepting that the practice of surrogacy may be here to stay, considers the troubling moral issues that arise with respect to women who act as surrogates … 21 $2.10 Add
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“Why We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know” About Canada’s Surrogacy Practices and Outcomes

“Why We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know” About Canada’s Surrogacy Practices and Outcomes

From: Surrogacy in Canada

We know very little about the lived experiences of women who act as surrogates, the intended parents, and the children conceived as a result of surrogacy arrangements. Pamela M White, in Chapter … 30 $3.00 Add
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Wicked

Wicked

From: The M Word

Susuan Olding reflects on meeting her stepdaughter, the experiences of stepmothers, and the relationship between the two of them. Includes elements of fairytales interspersed throughout. 14 $1.40 Add
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With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the effects of the capitalist system on the conception of the body. She discusses how capitalist systems reduce the body to a base unit … 14 $1.40 Add
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Women's Issues

Women’s Issues

From: Stolen Motherhood

This chapter looks at the evolution of the concept/experience of motherhood, and the author asserts that society is increasingly viewing pregnancy and childbirth from a utilitarian perspective, … 33 $3.30 Add