Fetal rights, the policing of pregnancy, and meanings of the maternal in an age of neoliberalism.

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Lisa Cosgrove ◽  
Akansha Vaswani
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Rights

Criminalizing Women's Behavior

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora S. Gustavsson ◽  
Ann E. MacEachron
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Alternative Policy ◽  
Legal Precedent ◽  
Parental Drug Use ◽  
Maternal Rights ◽  
Fetal Rights

Legal precedent for criminalizing the behavior of pregnant women has been established in an attempt to protect the fetus. Elevating fetal rights over maternal rights is based on questionable assumptions and inconclusive medical evidence. These criminalization policies are sexist and serve to victimize poor, pregnant women. This paper examines the evidence and policies and suggests an alternative policy approach to dealing with families with parental drug use issues.

Canadian fetal-rights case decided

The Lancet ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 349 (9045) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Wayne Kondro
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Rights

scholarly journals Mandates of maternity at a science museum, from should to must

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Haldane Lee
Keyword(s):  
Health Communication ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Medical Advice ◽  
Speech Act Theory ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Science Center ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
Fetal Rights

A pregnancy exhibit at a science museum is an opportunity to research how medical advice is communicated and interpreted. This paper is about the Beginning of Life area of an exhibition called The Amazing You at the Tampa Museum of Science and Industry, where exhibits are prescriptive as well as descriptive. Expectant women are urged to deliver full-term, normal birthweight babies, by behaving according to prescribed medical norms. This study provides ethnographic descriptions of the exhibits, as well as insights from museum visitors who were interviewed. The exhibits, which emphasize fetal rights and maternal duties, are interpreted and critiqued by women visitors. As the exhibits climb towards greater realism (from euphemistic computer graphics to actual fetal specimens) visitors encounter assertions of fact that precede sometimes tacit directives to undergo a medicalized pregnancy. Exhibits are viewed from the perspective of speech act theory, presenting a new approach to health communication research. I argue that this science center exhibit tells people what to do, in addition to passing on information.

Fetal Rights, Women's Rights: Gender Equality in the Workplace

1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Joyce Gelb ◽  
Suzanne Uttaro Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Fetal Rights
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