Reproductive Rights

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Understanding Our Parts

Understanding Our Parts

From: Conceivable

In this chapter, Halpern Zisman examines human reproductive anatomy, gamete development, and hormonal regulation and how it can impact 2SLGBTQ+ family planning. 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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What is Next?

What is Next?

From: Conceivable

In this chapter, 2SLGBTQ+ examines how community spaces shape 2SLGBTQ+ family building in Toronto. 23 $2.30 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
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You Make ’Em, I Amuse ’Em

You Make ’Em, I Amuse ’Em

From: The M Word

Patricia Storms provides an illustrated comic on how she relates to motherhood. 2 $0.20 Add