The Politics of “Choice”: Canadian Feminism and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies

The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies developed rapidly in Canada after the birth of world’s first “test tube baby,” Louise Brown, in 1978. Canadian feminists, propelled by the women’s health movement, perceived these technologies as a threat to women’s control over their bodies, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daley, Tanya Dawn
Other Authors: Heap, Ruby
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20264
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4857