Governed through Choice: Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction

A trailblazing look at how the law regulates women’s bodies as reproductive sites and what can be done about it.

At the center of the “war on women” lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women...