rmwh's review against another edition
5.0
This text should be mandatory reading in college, if not high school. I thought I was pretty educated on reproductive issues, but I was not. I was at the "an abstract of this text would make sense" level of education. I'm involved in politics. I follow legal developments. I still wasn't ready for this knowledge, but I needed it. I cried, and you might cry, and maybe everybody should sit down and cry about it. I will never forget devouring this book with pure horror and astonishment.
jenna0010's review against another edition
5.0
Solinger's account of reproductive politics, rights, and injustices in America is so thorough and engaging. Attending to race and class, to inequity in access, to representations of welfare mothers and revered white middle-class mothers, Solinger shows how reproductive rights and choice run along lines of privilege, race, and class. Solinger also includes and tries to centre voices from beyond white feminisms (which often take over in discussions of reproductive choice, birth control, and abortion), which I really appreciated. There is so much here to follow about citizenship, care, the nation, the home. This book is the start of a long dive into all of this...
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