Killing the Black Body
Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
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A powerful, thought-provoking indictment of America's continuing assault on the reproductive rights of black women ranges from the era of slavery to the welfare reform acts of the 1990s that penalize women on welfare for having babies. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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This was excellent and really opened up my views on some of the issues around reproduction and sterilization. I loved the perspective moving from historical facts to modern day laws and biases.
