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Current theme: Reproductive autonomy and justice

Who really has a reproductive choice?

Not having children, having them, and raising them with support: why are these freedoms so often separated? Starting with campaigns for abortion rights and against sterilization abuse, this issue connects journeys for care on film, Brazilian childbirth research, disabled people’s authority over decisions, and migrant mothers’ lives. Thirty resources ask what healthcare, time and public support can make a legal choice a real possibility.

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Connections & Further Reading

Cover storyA Woman’s Life Is a Human Life
PodcastsChildfree: Sterilized at 30Catalina May & Martín Cruz / Las RarasFilmsNever Rarely Sometimes AlwaysEliza HittmanPapersThe color of pain: racial iniquities in prenatal care and childbirth in BrazilMaria do Carmo Leal, Silvana G. N. da Gama, Ana P. E. Pereira, Vanessa E. Pacheco, Cleber N. do Carmo, Ricardo V. SantosBooksPrecarious MotherhoodRachel BenchekrounConceptReproductive JusticeConceptReproductive Autonomy

Beyond the Cover

29 · Who really has a reproductive choice?

BooksHappeningAnnie ErnauxFilms4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 DaysArticlesSecond Manifesto on Disabled Women’s RightsVideosWhat Happens When We Deny People Abortions?PodcastsChildfree: Sterilized at 30

Books6

  1. The Dialectic of SexShulamith Firestone · 2003
  2. Feminist, Queer, CripAlison Kafer · 2013
  3. Brilliant ImperfectionEli Clare · 2017
  4. Precarious MotherhoodRachel Benchekroun · 2025
  5. Feminism and the Politics of ChildhoodRachel Rosen and Katherine Twamley · 2018
  6. Trans Medicinestef m. shuster · 2021

Films2

  1. Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysEliza Hittman · 2020
  2. Lingui, the Sacred BondsMahamat-Saleh Haroun · 2021

Videos1

  1. Ali Wong: Hard Knock WifeAli Wong · 2018

Podcasts1

  1. EibSowt Media · 2017

Articles8

  1. Indigenous Women in Latin America: Demographic and Social Dynamics in a Human-Rights FrameworkECLAC / CELADE / Gender Equality Observatory · 2013
  2. Indigenous Women and Girls: CEDAW No. 39UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women · 2022
  3. Blackening FeminismSueli Carneiro · 2011
  4. Brazilian Women's Letter to the Constituent AssemblyConselho Nacional dos Direitos da Mulher (CNDM) · 1987
  5. Buenos Aires Commitment: A Care SocietyRegional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean / ECLAC · 2022
  6. Endometriosis: Pain and the Right to Be HeardWorld Health Organization (WHO) · 2025
  7. Rights at Risk: Time for ActionNaureen Shameem et al. / Observatory on the Universality of Rights · 2021
  8. Thoughts on March 8Ding Ling · 1942

Papers6

  1. Abortion in Brazil: A Household Survey Using the Ballot Box TechniqueDebora Diniz, Marcelo Medeiros · 2010
  2. The color of pain: racial iniquities in prenatal care and childbirth in BrazilMaria do Carmo Leal, Silvana G. N. da Gama, Ana P. E. Pereira, Vanessa E. Pacheco, Cleber N. do Carmo, Ricardo V. Santos · 2017
  3. Unwanted Pregnancy: Health and Social Impacts in Latin America and the CaribbeanAna Langer · 2002
  4. From Rights to Justice: Women of Color Changing the Face of US Reproductive Rights OrganizingZakiya Luna · 2009
  5. Reproductive JusticeZakiya Luna and Kristin Luker · 2013
  6. Feminist Mobilization and the Abortion Debate in Latin America: Lessons from ArgentinaMariela Daby and Mason W. Moseley · 2021