2010/03/01 by Kimala Price · 229 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Feminist Theory and Gender Studies #Reproductive justice #Reproductive rights #Human rights #Economic Justice #Women of color #Sociology #Politics #Context (archaeology) #Gender studies #Social movement #Political science #Mainstream #Individualism #Environmental ethics #Reproductive health #Law #Abortion #Population #Race (biology)
paper · doi:10.2979/meridians.2010.10.2.42
published in Meridians 10(2), 42-65 (Indiana University Press)
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Abstract Frustrated by the individualist approach of the “choice” paradigm used by the mainstream reproductive rights movement in the U.S., a growing coalition of women of color organizations and their allies have sought to redefine and broaden the scope of reproductive rights by using a human rights framework. Dubbing itself “the movement for reproductive justice,” this coalition connects reproductive rights to other social justice issues such as economic justice, education, immigrant rights, environmental justice, sexual right, and globalization, and believes that this new framework will encourage more women of color and other marginalized groups to become more involved in the political movement for reproductive freedom. Using narrative analysis, this essay explores what reproductive justice means to this movement, while placing it within the political, social, and cultural context from which it emerged.