Beyond Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life: Women of Color and Reproductive Justice

@article{Smith2005BeyondPV,
  title={Beyond Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life: Women of Color and Reproductive Justice},
  author={A. Smith},
  journal={NWSA Journal},
  year={2005},
  volume={17},
  pages={119 - 140}
}
  • A. Smith
  • Published 2005
  • Sociology
  • NWSA Journal
    • This paper argues that the pro-life versus pro-choice paradigm for understanding reproductive rights is a model that marginalizes women of color, poor women, women with disabilities, and women from other marginalized communities. The pro-life versus pro-choice paradigm serves to both reify and mask the structures of white supremacy and capitalism that undergird the reproductive choices that women make. While both camps of the pro-choice and pro-life debate give lip service to addressing the… CONTINUE READING
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