Eleanor J. Bader
“Misogyny, racism, and the drug war were intersecting to deny pregnant women, especially Black pregnant women, their personhood. “
Lynn Paltrow on the Prosecution of Pregnancy
Tag: pregnancy
The Chelsea Clinton Uproar and the Public Perception of Pregnancy
Tara Mendola
Fretting about whether or not the doubtless unpleasant experience of being publicly shamed will send Chelsea Clinton into labor has no more basis in scientific reality than past beliefs in a “maternal imagination” so powerful that looking at a distressing animal or disabled person could directly cause birth defects. What it does do is let us off the hook of meaningful advocacy for women’s health.