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AN Commentaries Carolyn Sargent and Carole Browner, Globalization Raises New Questions about the Politics of Reproduction (March 2005 AN) Women worldwide exert reproductive agency in spite of formidable family, community, state and global obstacles. Kimala Price, The Discursive Politics of Reproductive Health (Feb 2005 AN) The assumptions underlying reproductive policy discourse must be examined in order to effectively appraise future reproductive technologies. Marcia Inhorn, Religion and Reproductive Technologies: IVF and Gamete Donation in the Muslim World (Feb 2005 AN) As in vitro fertilization techniques become available in the Muslim Middle East, couples are concerned about making their test tube babies according to religious guidelines. Carole Joffe, The Doctor in the Sauna (Feb 2005 AN) Abortion is one of the most sought after medical procedures in the US, but outside of urban areas, the lack of providers makes abortion services extremely difficult to access. Warren Hern, Anthropologists, Abortion and the Cultural War in America (Feb 2005 AN) Abortion is a large part of the current culture war in the US: an anti-choice stance has become a powerful tool wielded to further certain political aims. Zalka Drglin, Are Baby-Friendly Hospitals Always Mother-Friendly? (Feb 2005 AN) Women in Slovenia are being provided with detailed instructions on the “only right, super-care of the newborn,” instructions which don’t leave much space for individual mother’s choices. Jessa Leinaweaver, Mass Sterilizations and Child Circulations in Peru (Jan 2005 AN) Through her investigation of family planning in Peru, Leinaweaver learns about forced government sterilization primarily affecting the poorest and “most Indian” women. She suggests Peruvian’s system of circulating children amongst relatives who can give them the most adequate care might serve as a preferable alternative. Gina Hunter de Bessa, Choosing Sterilizations in Brazil (Jan 2005 AN) In Brazil women are choosing to undergo sterilizations as their primary method of birth control. This, Bessa argues, needs to be understood as the pragmatic expression of women’s agency in the face of patriarchal gender relations and economic constraints. Shana Fruehan, Reproductive Technologies in Japan (Jan 2005 AN) In examining the disparities of reproductive health treatments in Japan, Fruehan extrapolates the need for wealthy nations like Japan and the US to examine their own assumptions in their policies before exporting them abroad. Christa Craven, Is Reproductive Healthcare Access a “Consumer Rights” Issue? (Jan 2005 AN) In an attempt to make midwife births more accessible to all women in the US, activists have adopted a rhetoric of consumer rights. A discussion of the limits to this consumer rights rhetoric. Rachel Roth, The Impact of Imprisonment on Women’s Reproductive Rights in the US (Jan 2005 AN) Women in prison have two major concerns about their reproductive health and kinship: maintaining relationships with their children, and coping with inadequate medical care. Linda White, Technologies of Reproduction (Dec 2004 AN) An introduction to AN’s developing discussion about how state, religious and medical institutions are shaping discourses and practices that mediate between women’s bodies and technologies of birth. Summer Scholl, Touching a Sensitive Issue: Ultrasound and Abortion (Dec 2004 AN) In a consumer-driven society, the qualifications for personhood coincide with the creation and trading of commodities. How do advanced ultrasound technologies used by the few affect the family planning options of the many? Monica Casper and Lynn Morgan, Constructing Fetal Citizens (Dec 2004 AN) State functionaries have recently used their power to create a new class of citizens: fetuses. |
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