04025nam 2200553 450 991079450520332120230629221809.01-9788-1795-910.36019/9781978817951(CKB)4100000012025867(MiAaPQ)EBC6724954(Au-PeEL)EBL6724954(OCoLC)1272997874(DE-B1597)612405(DE-B1597)9781978817951(OCoLC)1268326478(EXLCZ)99410000001202586720220614d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNo real choice how culture and politics matter for reproductive autonomy /Katrina KimportNew Brunswick, New Jersey :Rutgers University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (213 pages)Families in Focus1-9788-1792-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-196) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --1. No Real Choice --2. Policies, Poverty, and the Organization of Abortion Care --3. Privileging the Fetus --4. Seeing Irresponsibility and Harm --5. Fearing the Experience of Abortion --6. Choosing a Baby --7. Toward Reproductive Autonomy --Methodological Appendix --Acknowledgments --References --Index --About the AuthorIn the United States, the “right to choose” an abortion is the law of the land. But what if a woman continues her pregnancy because she didn’t really have a choice? What if state laws, federal policies, stigma, and a host of other obstacles push that choice out of her reach? Based on candid, in-depth interviews with women who considered but did not obtain an abortion, No Real Choice punctures the myth that American women have full autonomy over their reproductive choices. Focusing on the experiences of a predominantly Black and low-income group of women, sociologist Katrina Kimport finds that structural, cultural, and experiential factors can make choosing abortion impossible–especially for those who experience racism and class discrimination. From these conversations, we see the obstacles to “choice” these women face, such as bans on public insurance coverage of abortion and rampant antiabortion claims that abortion is harmful. Kimport's interviews reveal that even as activists fight to preserve Roe v. Wade, class and racial disparities have already curtailed many women’s freedom of choice. No Real Choice analyzes both the structural obstacles to abortion and the cultural ideologies that try to persuade women not to choose abortion. Told with care and sensitivity, No Real Choice gives voice to women whose experiences are often overlooked in debates on abortion, illustrating how real reproductive choice is denied, for whom, and at what cost.Families in focus.AbortionUnited StatesAbortionGovernment policyUnited StatesAbortionPolitical aspectsUnited Statesculture, politics, reproductive laws, reproductive rights, women, women's studies, health policy, public health, US: abortion, right to choose, pro-life, pro-choice, state law, federal policies, stigma, african american, black women, minority women, low income, racism, class discrimination, insurance, public insurance, insurance coverage, antiabortion, Planned Parenthood, racial disparities, Row v. Wade, class disparities, freedom of choice, abortion surveillance, abortion care, reproductive autonomy.AbortionAbortionGovernment policyAbortionPolitical aspects362.1988/800973Kimport Katrina1978-1490504MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794505203321No real choice3711913UNINA