Coercion
Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Publishing:20th Jul '25
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 20th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the horrors inflicted by abortion bans began immediately and haven't stopped. These laws have become a tool for abusers, as pregnant people face legal harassment, reproductive coercion, and life-threatening medical trauma.
Through biting analysis, Kylie Cheung argues that these aren’t unintended consequences, but deliberate acts of state-perpetrated violence inflicted on women and pregnant people, particularly those with the least resources and agency under capitalism and white supremacy.
Capitalism has always consciously decided whose lives are expendable. This book is for everyone coming to terms with this fact in the era of the rollback of our bodily autonomy.
'In this searingly personal, gripping account, Kylie Cheung explodes the conventional wisdom surrounding coercion and abortion. This book is an important new starting point for conversations about the real meaning of reproductive coercion'
-- Mary Ruth Ziegler, author of Roe: The History of a National ObsessionISBN: 9780745350615
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192 pages