Reproductive injustice is an urgent global problem. We are faced with the increased criminalization of abortion, higher maternal and neonatal mortality rates for people of...

Reproductive injustice is an urgent global problem. We are faced with the increased criminalization of abortion, higher maternal and neonatal mortality rates for people of color, and more and more research addressing the structural nature of obstetric violence. In this collection of essays, the cause of reproductive injustice is understood as the institutionalized isolation of (potentially) pregnant people, making them vulnerable for bio- and necropolitical disciplination and control.
The central thesis of this book is that reproductive justice must be achieved through a radical reappropriation of relationality in reproductive care to safeguard the access to knowledge and care needed for safe bodily self-determination. Through empirical research as well as decolonial, feminist, midwifery, and Black theory, reproductive justice is reimagined as abolitionist care, grounded in the abolition of authoritative obstetric institutions, state control of reproduction, and restrictive abortion laws in favor of community practices that are truly relational.

Author: Rodante Van Der Waal
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 12/10/2024
Pages: 494
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9789048562398

About the Author
Rodante van der Waal is a midwife and philosopher. Their academic articles have been published in a.o. Frontiers, Angelaki, Agenda, Feminist Anthropology, Feminist Theory, PLoS ONE, Social Text, Birth, Technophany Nursing Ethics and Violence Against Women.


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