Reproductive Justice: An Introduction - 1 (First Edition edition.)

Reproductive Justiceis a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field.

Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics.

Clearly showing how reproductive justice is a political movement ofreproductive rights and social justice, the authors illuminate how, for example, a low-income, physically disabled woman living in West Texas with no viable public transportation, healthcare clinic, or living-wage employment opportunities faces a complex web of structural obstacles as she contemplates her sexual and reproductive intentions.

Putting the lives and lived experience of women of color at the center of the book and using a human rights analysis, Loretta J.

Ross and Rickie Solinger show how the discussion around reproductive justice differs significantly from the pro-choice/anti-abortion debates that have long dominated the headlines and mainstream political conflict.In a period in which women's reproductive lives are imperiled, Reproductive Justice provides an essential guide to understanding and mobilizing around women's human rights in the twenty-first century.

Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the Twenty-First Century publishes works that explore the contours and content of reproductive justice.

The series will includeprimersintended for students and those new to reproductive justice as well asbooks of original researchthat will further knowledge and impact society.

Learn more at www.ucpress.edu/go/reproductivejustice.