Reproductive Justice and Sexual Rights

Tanya Saroj Bakhru holds a PhD in Women’s Studies from University College Dublin, Ireland. She is currently an Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at San José State University. Her research areas include feminist critiques of globalization, reproductive justice, and transnational feminism.

Introduction Thinking Transnationally: Reproductive Justice in a Globalized Era Part I. Colonial Legacies and Post-colonial Conditions 1. White Property Interests in Native Women’s Reproductive Freedom: Slavery to Transracial Adoption 2. A Body Is a Body: The Embodied Politics of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Contemporary Irish Art and Culture 3. Population Discourse, Family Planning Policies, and Development in Colombia, 1960–1969 Part II. The State, the Law, and Sexual and Reproductive Justice 4. Indigenous Reproductive Justice after Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (2013) 5. Passing for Reproduction: How Lesbians in Taiwan Use Assisted Reproductive Technologies 6. Abortion Rights and Human Rights in Mexico Part III. Migration and Access to Care 7. Access to Maternity Care for Undocumented Migrant Women in Europe 8. ¿Me Ves?: How Bay Area Health Agencies Address the Mental Health Needs of Migrant Women of Color During Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Experiences Part IV. Globalization, Reproduction, and Transnational Politics 9. As Many as I Can Afford: Ideal Family Size in Contemporary Uganda 10. Boon and Bane of Reproductive Technologies: The Impact of Son Preference and Prenatal Sex Selection in a Globalized World 11. Provincializing Intersex: U.S. Intersex Activism, Human Rights, and Transnational Body Politics