The Pregnancy Police

Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood

Grace E. Howard

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University of California Press
24 July 2024

Ethical issues: abortion & birth control; Gender studies: women; Sociology & anthropology; Crime & criminology; Gender & the law

Series: Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century

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 health-care 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 who have 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.

By: Grace E. Howard
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 10
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520391079
ISBN 10: 0520391071
Series: Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 24 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Peril of Protection 2. Angels and Antimothers 3. Bad Breeders 4. “The Dead Babies May Be the Lucky Ones” 5. “I Felt Like Nobody” 6. Wielding the Velvet Hammer 7. Conclusion Appendix 1: Methodology Appendix 2: Court Cases Notes References Index

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