Are Women Full Citizens?: The Abortion Debate, and the “Gifts” of Life and Poverty

This essay explores fertility’s impact on economics and the gendered relations of power among humans in patriarchy. By definition, patriarchs rule through fertility—their status depends upon the exclusion of women from policymaking by means of childbearing. When forced to bear and rear early, women...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New York City College of Technology 2017-07-01
Series:NANO
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Online Access:https://nanocrit.com/issues/issue11/Are-Women-Full-Citizens-The-Abortion-Debate-and-the-Gifts-of-Life-and-Poverty