A review by jenna0010
Pregnancy and Power: A Short History of Reproductive Politics in America by Rickie Solinger

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...