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The Bonds That Tie: The Politics Of Motherhood And The Future Of Abortion Rights, Mary Ziegler
The Bonds That Tie: The Politics Of Motherhood And The Future Of Abortion Rights, Mary Ziegler
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What is the relationship between women’s still predominant share of caretaking work and the constitutional recognition of a right to choose abortion? Caretaking-based rationales for abortion rights have become increasingly prominent in the Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence, as well as in abortion-rights litigation. These justifications propose that women tend overwhelmingly to raise their own children. Consequently, as the argument goes, the decision to give birth creates a lifetime commitment for most women, and in some cases, may cost women valuable career or educational opportunities.
When care taking-based rationales first appeared in the early 1970s in debate about rights to both …