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Prosecuting the Womb

By Alliance Alert

This Article argues that the reproductive policing efforts of the past twenty years are consistent with a communitarian approach to reproduction. The Article sheds light on the inconsistencies of this approach to behavior policing, which tends to disfavor (or treat in a more punitive manner) the less sophisticated, less powerful members of society?in this case, drug-addicted, poor women of color?and yet ignores the risks posed to fetuses by wealthier would-be parents who use sophisticated, expensive reproductive technologies in their attempts to reproduce.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).