Feminist reflections on miscarriage, in light of abortion
Publication: IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Volume 3, Number 1
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This paper highlights some of the personal, cultural, and philosophical challenges facing pro-choice feminists who miscarry in the United States. In light of the acrimonious debate over abortion, and the pressure to assign moral personhood to the beings lost in miscarriage, I offer suggestions for how we might mourn our losses without solidifying pro-life/anti-abortion politics. I outline a relational model of pregnancy and pregnancy loss that recognizes physical interrelation and dependency of an embryo/fetus on a woman, yet attaches as little or as much emotionality to that connection as each individual woman deems fit.
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IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Volume 3 • Number 1 • Spring 2010
Pages: 1 - 22
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© The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 2010.
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Published in print: Spring 2010
Published online: 14 October 2015
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Kate Parsons
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International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
2010
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