Full Description
Abortion and Mothering: Research, Stories, and Artistic Expressions of a Common Intersection is a collection of academic research, personal narratives, and art that comments on different perspectives on abortion and mothering. Scholarly research is balanced with voices and experiences from outside of academia, through the inclusion of personal narratives, poetry, and art. The collection is rooted in the idea that there are not 'women who have abortions' and 'women who have babies', but that they are the same women at different points in their lives. By considering the intersection of abortion and mothering, and the liminal spaces in between, the reader is challenged to explore some of the culturally and socially constructed complexities that surround the decisions that people make about to their reproductive lives.
Contents
Cover Art: The Reproduction Maze
Winnie T. Frick
Dedications
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Heather Jackson & Jessica Shaw
Mi Cuerpo, Mi Decisión (pennant 1)
Shaun Slifer & Rebecca Susman
Abortion: Mothering, Un-Mothering and the Liminal Space in Between
Miriam Rose Brooker
Protection (embroidery 1)
Victoria L Poole
Abortion Providers as Mothers, With Mothers
Jessica Shaw
Trust Women (pennant 2)
Shaun Slifer & Rebecca Susman
Goddess Recovers a Mistake
Alison Ojanen-Goldsmith
Our Bodies, Our Rights
Meredith Stern
Relief or Regret: The Emotional Implications of Abortion
Meredith Navarro-McCullar
Never Again (pennant 3)
Shaun Slifer & Rebecca Susman
Abortive Subjectivities
Laura Major
Mothering, Abortion, and the State: A Modern Orientation towards Values of Care
Christina Quinlan
Teaching daughters (and sons) that abortion is good
Heather Jackson
I Want to Get My Education Straight: The Impact of Pregnancy Decision Making of Contemporary Society and Cultural Expectations of Teenager
Sarah Bekaert
Light at the end (embroidery 2)
Victoria L Poole
Bad Mothers and Staunch Feminists: Genetic Abortions in Mommy Memoirs by Waldman and Beck
Mary Thompson
Teaching Students Abortion Rights Leads to More Rights For Them
Crystal Michels
the story of how i got pregnant
Heather Jackson
Contributor Notes
