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The Pregnancy Police

Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood

Grace E. Howard

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English
University of California Press
04 June 2024
Decades before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pregnant people faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they gestated. The Pregnancy Police investigates the legal arguments undergirding these prosecutions and sheds much-needed light on the networks of healthcare providers, social workers, and legal personnel participating in this ongoing surveillance and punishment of pregnant people.

Drawing on detailed analyses of legislation, statements from prosecutors and law enforcement, and records from over a thousand arrest cases, Grace E. Howard traces the long history of state attempts to regulate and control people with the capacity for pregnancy—from the early twentieth century's white supremacist eugenics to the end of Roe and the ever-increasing criminalization of abortion across the United States.
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Imprint:   University of California Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   590g
ISBN:   9780520391062
ISBN 10:   0520391063
Series:   Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century
Pages:   296
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Grace Howard is Associate Professor of Justice Studies at San José State University.

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