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beggars and choosers: how the politics of choice shapes adoption, abortion, and welfare in the united states
Rickie Solinger
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Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
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beggars and choosers: how the politics of choice shapes adoption, abortion, and welfare in the united states - Solinger, Rickie
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Synopsis "beggars and choosers: how the politics of choice shapes adoption, abortion, and welfare in the united states"
An impassioned argument for reproductive rights In the late 1960s and early 1970s, advocates of legal abortion mostly used the term rights when describing their agenda. But after Roe v. Wade, their determination to develop a respectable, nonconfrontational movement encouraged many of them to use the word choice--an easier concept for people weary of various rights movements. At first the distinction in language didn't seem to make much difference-the law seemed to guarantee both. But in the years since, the change has become enormously important. In Beggars and Choosers, Solinger shows how historical distinctions between women of color and white women, between poor and middle-class women, were used in new ways during the era of choice. Politicians and policy makers began to exclude certain women from the class of deserving mothers by using the language of choice to create new public policies concerning everything from Medicaid funding for abortions to family tax credits, infertility treatments, international adoption, teen pregnancy, and welfare. Solinger argues that the class-and-race-inflected guarantee of choice is a shaky foundation on which to build our notions of reproductive freedom. Her impassioned argument is for reproductive rights as human rights--as a basis for full citizenship status for women.
