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Prochoicelife: Asking Who Protects Life And How -- And Why It Matters In Law And Politics, Reva Siegel
Prochoicelife: Asking Who Protects Life And How -- And Why It Matters In Law And Politics, Reva Siegel
Indiana Law Journal
In this Essay I reason from a “prochoicelife” perspective that asks whether government protects new life by means that respect women’s reproductive decisions. I develop a framework that allows us to compare the policies for protecting new life that governments choose and the values they demonstrate. This Essay’s critical framework connects policies on sexual education, contraception, abortion, health care, income assistance, and the accommodation of pregnancy and parenting in the workplace. It shows that some jurisdictions protect new life selectively, favoring policies for protecting new life that restrict women’s reproductive decisions over policies that respect women’s reproductive decisions.
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