Reproductive Rights in a Global Context: South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, the United States, Vietnam, Jordan

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 289 pages
• Published by: Vanderbilt University Press June 30, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0826515282
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0826515285
• Book Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Choice, December 2006
". . . easy-to-read, enlightening, and interesting . . . Highly recommended."

Product Description
Traveling alone when she was between 17 and 22, with no institutional affiliation and no financial assistance, the author visited five developing countries and two developed ones on five continents. Her goal was to extend her own experience in an abortion clinic in Portland, Oregon. Lara Knudsen interviewed over ninety women's rights activists, health professionals, NGO workers, and government officials, gaining a sense of both official policies and the actual delivery of services in local clinics. The book places the experiences of women within the global context of how international population control agendas have influenced women's reproductive rights in the past, and how the changing international discourse on reproductive health continues to influence those rights today. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Reader Reviews
For such a serious and possibly-dry subject, this is an interesting book, and it's full of fascinating information. It opened my eyes to how differently these seven countries (and probably every country) handle reproductive rights and practices, based on their unique social evolutions. One of the surprising things is how backward the United States is in most of these areas. The most progressive is Denmark where 80-some percent of all teens use birth control the first time they have sex! What an improved society we would have if we could get to that place. Easy to read! Comment | | (Report this)