{"product_id":"the-pregnancy-police-conceiving-crime-arresting-personhood-volume-10-hardcover","title":"The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood Volume 10 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrace E. Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades before the overturning of \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, pregnant people faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they gestated. \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Pregnancy Police\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the legal arguments undergirding these prosecutions and sheds much-needed light on the networks of health-care providers, social workers, and legal personnel participating in this ongoing surveillance and punishment of pregnant people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on detailed analyses of legislation, statements from prosecutors and law enforcement, and records from over a thousand arrest cases, Grace E. Howard traces the long history of state attempts to regulate and control people who have the capacity for pregnancy--from the early twentieth century's white supremacist eugenics to the end of \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e and the ever-increasing criminalization of abortion across the United States. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pregnancy Police\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, offering an insightful analysis of the rampant criminalization of pregnancy and pregnant people. Grace Howard skillfully reveals the many ways the pregnancy police are all around us--watching, reporting, and bringing harm to people seen as less than fully human because they have uteruses. The book is a brilliant addition to the reproductive justice literature.--Monica J. Casper, author of \u003ci\u003eBabylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"More and more people are paying attention to the criminalization of pregnancy in the aftermath of the reversal of \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Pregnancy Police \u003c\/i\u003ewill be a book that people \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e cite when discussing the phenomenon.\"--Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrace Howard\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Justice Studies at San José State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727985316146,"sku":"9780520391062","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/KBy8qzGQp59780520391062.webp?v=1765544135","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/the-pregnancy-police-conceiving-crime-arresting-personhood-volume-10-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}