eBook

No Real Choice

Kimport, Katrina

2022,2021

Overview

In the United States, the \"right to choose\" an abortion is the law of the land. But what if a woman continues her pregnancy because she didn't really have a choice? What if state laws, federal policies, stigma, and a host of other obstacles push that choice out of her reach?     Based on candid, in-depth interviews with women who considered but did not obtain an abortion, No Real Choice punctures the myth that American women have full autonomy over their reproductive choices. Focusing on the experiences of a predominantly Black and low-income group of women, sociologist Katrina Kimport finds that structural, cultural, and experiential factors can make choosing abortion impossible-especially for those who experience racism and class discrimination. From these conversations, we see the obstacles to \"choice\" these women face, such as bans on public insurance coverage of abortion and rampant antiabortion claims that abortion is harmful. Kimport's interviews reveal that even as activists fight to preserve Roe v. Wade, class and racial disparities have already curtailed many women's freedom of choice.   No Real Choice analyzes both the structural obstacles to abortion and the cultural ideologies that try to persuade women not to choose abortion. Told with care and sensitivity, No Real Choice gives voice to women whose experiences are often overlooked in debates on abortion, illustrating how real reproductive choice is denied, for whom, and at what cost. 

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Subject: Abortion / abortion care / abortion stigma / abortion surveillance / activists / african american / American women / antiabortion / antiabortion claims / bans / black women / choice / class discrimination / class disparities / cultural factors / cultural ideologies / culture / debates / experiences / experiential factors / Families in Focus / federal policies / freedom of choice / full autonomy / Gender Studies / Government policy / health policy / healthcare access / healthcare disparities / healthcare inequities / insurance / insurance coverage / intersectional discrimination / interviews / Katrina Kimport / law / law of the land / low income / low-income group / maternal health / MEDICAL / Health Policy / Medicine / minority women / myth / No Real Choice / obstacles / patient autonomy / Planned Parenthood / Political aspects / politics / pregnancy / pro-choice / pro-life / public health / public insurance / public insurance coverage / racial disparities / racism / reproductive autonomy / reproductive choice / reproductive choices / reproductive coercion / reproductive healthcare / reproductive justice / reproductive laws / reproductive rights / right to choose / Roe v. Wade / Row v. Wade / Schwangerschaftsabbruch / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues / SOCIAL SCIENCE / General / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies / Social sciences / sociologist / Sociology United States / Soziale Norm / state law / state laws / stigma / structural factors / structural obstacles / systemic inequality / United States / US: abortion / USA / woman / women / Women’s Studies
• ISBN: 9781978817951, 1978817959, 1978817924, 9781978817920, 9781978817913, 1978817916