Rethinking Abortion Rights After Dobbs: Privacy, Equality, and Reproductive Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031919176)

This book offers a novel account of the normative foundations of abortion rights informed by political theory and feminist theory. Stanley revisits the debate between privacy and equality as rationales for abortion rights that erupted after Roe v. Wade. First, Stanley argues that we can reconceptualize privacy along feminist lines, contra its feminist critics. Second, this reconceptualization allows us to see privacy and equality as essential allies and supplements to each other. When operating in tandem, privacy and equality provide a powerful theoretical and practical foundation not only for abortion rights but also for an expansive vision of reproductive justice informed by an intersectional understanding of the reproductive burdens endured by those multiply marginalized by gender, race, and class. This reproductive justice framework is the most promising basis for a powerful post-Dobbs political coalition seeking to restore and greatly expand the promise of reproductive freedom symbolically represented by Roe.

Author: Sharon Stanley
ISBN-10: 3031919173
ISBN-13: 9783031919176
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2025
Pages: 157
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d