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Religion and Reproductive Rights

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Browsing the collection: see call numbers HQ 767 - 767.52

Bibliography: Theology

Selected theology and reproductive rights titles. * Indicates the item is owned by E.M.White Library.

Book recommendations are always welcome.

*Blanchard, D. A., & Prewitt, T. J. (1993). Religious violence and abortion : the Gideon Project. University Press of Florida.  HQ 767.25 .B53 1993

Bloomer, F., & Turtle, K. (2024). Reimagining faith and abortion : a global perspective. Policy Press.https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=30941281

*Brockopp, J. E. (2003). Islamic ethics of life : abortion, war, and euthanasia. University of South Carolina Press.         BP 134 .L54 I85 2003  https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/50645537

Burns, G. (2005). The moral veto : framing contraception, abortion, and cultural pluralism in the United States. Cambridge University Press.

*Green, J. C. (1996). Religion and the culture wars : dispatches from the front. Rowman & Littlefield. BR 526 .R45 1996

Greenberg, B. (1981). On women & Judaism : a view from tradition (1st pbk. ed). Jewish Publication Society of America.

*Hagan, E. (2016). Birthed : finding grace through infertility. Chalice Press. BF 575 .G7 H343 2016

*Kamitsuka, M. D. (2019). Abortion and the Christian tradition : a pro-choice theological ethic (First edition). Westminster John Knox Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1112131250

*McKeown, J., & Open Book Publishers. (2014). God’s babies : natalism and Bible interpretation in modern America. Open Book Publishers. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/899280623

*Maguire, D. C. (2003). Sacred rights : the case for contraception and abortion in world religions. Oxford University Press. HQ 766.2 .S23 2003 https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/50080419

*Moss, C. R., & Baden, J. S. (2015). Reconceiving infertility : biblical perspectives on procreation and childlessness. Princeton University Press. BS 680 .C46 M677 2015 https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/920678570

Omran, A. R. (1992). Family planning in the legacy of Islam. Routledge.

*Pierce, Y. N. (2023). In my grandmother’s house : Black women, faith, and the stories we inherit (Paperback edition). Broadleaf Books. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1332779679

*Peters, R. T. (2018). Trust women: a progressive Christian argument for reproductive justice. Beacon Press. HQ 767.25 .P48 2018 https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019843313

*Peters, R. T., & Kao, G. (2019). Encountering the sacred: feminist reflections on women’s lives. T & T Clark. BT 83.55 .E536 2019

*Peters, R. T., & Kamitsuka, M. D. (2023). T&T Clark reader in abortion and religion : Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives. T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.Ref. HQ 767.25 .T23 2023

*Raucher, M. (2020). Conceiving agency : reproductive authority among Haredi women. Indiana University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1158504001

*Taylor, D. (2023). Undue Burden: A Black, Woman Physician on Being Christian and Pro-Abortion in the Productive Justice Movement. Advantage Media Group. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1375297212

*Zavella, P. (2020). The movement for reproductive justice : empowering women of color through social activism. New York University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1114281593

Bibliography: Reproductive Justice

Selected reproductive justice titles.  *Indicates the item is owned by E.M.White Library.

Book recommendations are always welcome.

*Allen, D. R. (2002). Managing motherhood, managing risk : fertility and danger in West Central Tanzania (First paperback edition). University of Michigan Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/606910035

*Austin, N. (2024). Motherhood so white: a memoir of race, gender, and parenting in America. Sourcebooks. HV 874.82 .A94 A3 2024

*Bonaparte, A. D., & Oparah, J. C. (2024). Birthing justice : Black women, pregnancy, and childbirth (Second edition). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. RG 964 .G72 B57 2024

*Briggs, L. (2002). Reproducing empire : race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico. University of California Press. HQ 766.5 .P8 B75 2002

*Casper, M. J. (2022). Babylost : racism, survival, and the quiet politics of infant mortality, from A to Z. Rutgers University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1299388963

*Douglas, K. B. (1999). Sexuality and the Black church : a womanist perspective. Orbis Books. BT 83.9 .D68 1999. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/40354539

*Gurr, B. A. (2015). Reproductive justice : the politics of health care for Native American women. Rutgers University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/896872916

Gutiérrez, E. R. (2008). Fertile Matters: The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women’s Reproduction. University of Texas Press.

*Harper, K. C. (2021). The ethos of Black motherhood in America: only White women get pregnant. Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. E 185.86 .H329 2021

*Igwe, S. (2022). My Black motherhood: mental health, stigma, racism and the system. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1321788686

*López, I. O. (2008). Matters of choice: Puerto Rican women’s struggle for reproductive freedom. Rutgers University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/311593409

*Luna, Z. T. (2020). Reproductive rights as human rights: women of color and the fight for reproductive justice. New York University Press. HQ 1155 .L86 2020 https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1156445049

*McClain, D. (2019). We live for the we: the political power of black motherhood. Bold Type Books. HQ 755.8 .M414 2019.

*Menzel, A. (2024). Fatal denial: racism and the political life of Black infant mortality. University of California Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1416638809

*Morison, T., & Mavuso, J. M.-J. J. (2022). Sexual and reproductive justice: from the margins to the centre. Lexington Books. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1293448975

*Nnachi, N. (2024). Fighting for reproductive justice: Black women leading a movement. Lerner Publications. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1384450383

*Roberts, D. E. (1997). Killing the black body : race, reproduction, and the meaning of liberty (First Vintage books edition). Vintage Books. HQ 766.5 .U5 R58 2017 https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/973881621

*Roberts, D. E. (2002). Shattered bonds : the color of child welfare. Basic Books. HV 741 .R62 2002

*Roberts, D. E. (2022). Torn apart : how the child welfare system destroys Black families--and how abolition can build a safer world (First edition). Basic Books. HV 741 .R6225 2022

*Robinson, T. M., Singh, S., & Joseph, C. M. (2023). A culturally centered and intersectional approach to reproductive justice. Lexington Books. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1391547584

*Rosen, C. (2004). Preaching eugenics: religious leaders and the American eugenics movement. Oxford University Press. HQ 755.5 .U5 R67 2004

*Ross, L. (2017). Radical reproductive justice: foundations, theory, practice, critique (First Feminist Press edition). The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/993624018

*Ross, L., Gutiérrez, E., Gerber, M., & Silliman, J. (2016). Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice. Haymarket Books. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/947083488

*Wade, S. (2023). Birthing liberation: how reproductive justice can set us free. Chicago Review Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1370349405

*Weinbaum, A. E. (2019). The afterlife of reproductive slavery: biocapitalism and Black feminism’s philosophy of history. Duke University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1056200967

Bibliography: Fertility Rights

Selected fertility rights titles.  *Indicates the item is owned by E.M.White Library.

Book recommendations are always welcome.

*Barcelos, C. A. (2020). Distributing condoms and hope : the racialized politics of youth sexual health. University of California Press. HQ 759.4 .B366 2020

*Bell, A. V. (2014). Misconception: social class and infertility in America. Rutgers University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/891591008

*Kluchin, R. M. (2009). Fit to be tied: sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980. Rutgers University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/593317605

*Roberts, D. E. (2011). Fatal invention : how science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century. New Press. GN 269 .R64 2011

*Rosen, C. (2004). Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement. Oxford University Press. HQ 755.5 .U5 R67 2004

*Whatcott, J. (2024). Menace to the future: a disability and queer history of carceral eugenics. Duke University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1446436396

Bibliography: LGBTQIA+

Selected LGBTQIA+, and reproductive rights titles.  *Indicates the item is owned by E.M.White Library.

Book recommendations are always welcome.

*Davis, G. (2015). Contesting intersex : the dubious diagnosis. New York University Press. HQ 78 .D39 2015

*Falu, N. (2023). Unseen flesh : gynecology and black queer worth-making in Brazil. Duke University        Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1389409019

*Malatino, H. (2019). Queer embodiment : monstrosity, medical violence, and intersex experience. University of Nebraska Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1085890608

*Patton-Imani, S. (2020). Queering family trees: race, reproductive justice, and lesbian motherhood. New York University Press. HQ 75.53 .P38 2020

*Royster, F. T., & OverDrive, Inc. (2023). Choosing Family. ABRAMS. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1371167218

*Viefhues-Bailey, L. H. (2023). No Separation : Christians, secular democracy, and sex. Columbia University Press. BR 115 .P77 V54 2023  https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1389183748

*Whatcott, J. (2024). Menace to the future: a disability and queer history of carceral eugenics. Duke University Press. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1446436396

Bibliography: General Reproductive Rights

Selected general reproductive rights titles.  *Indicates the item is owned by E.M.White Library.

Book recommendations are always welcome.

*Caron, S. M. (2008). Who chooses?: American reproductive history since 1830. University Press of Florida. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/646698216

Flavin, J. (2009). Our bodies, our crimes : the policing of women’s reproduction in America. New York University   Press.

*Howard, G. (2024). The pregnancy police : conceiving crime, arresting personhood. University of California Press. KF 3760 .H69 2024. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1405188860

*Knudsen, L. M. (2006). Reproductive rights in a global context: South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan (1st ed). https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/666992664

*Littlejohn, K. E. (2021). Just get on the pill: the uneven burden of reproductive politics. University of California Press. HQ 766.5 .U6 L48 2021. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1230250384

*Mulinari, D., Kolankiewicz, M., & Selberg, R. (2023). Struggles for reproductive justice in the era of anti-genderism and religious fundamentalism. https://lpts.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1390416590

*Parker, W. (2017). Life’s work: from the trenches, a moral argument for choice (First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition). HQ 767.25 .P375 2017

*Rudy, K. (1996). Beyond pro-life and pro-choice: moral diversity in the abortion debate. Beacon Press. HQ 767.15 .R83 1996

*Viefhues-Bailey, L. H. (2023). No Separation : Christians, secular democracy, and sex. Columbia University Press. BR 115 .P77 V54 2023