The Placental Microbiome
A New Site for Policing Women's Bodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saray Ayala (0000-0002-5277-4177, corresponding author), Lauren Freeman |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-148 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.9.1.121 |
| OpenAlex | W2300570655 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
This paper critiques a recent study on the placental microbiome and specifically its recommendations to women for preventing premature births, which were exaggerated and embellished in the media coverage it received. We contend that these preventive recommendations contribute to a pernicious, growing trend of policing women's bodies and argue that the study provides no empirical evidence to justify them. We emphasize how the recommendations ignore important social and environmental risk factors for preterm birth that lie beyond individual choices and bodies and suggest that research on the placental microbiome, and especially media reports about it, should take these problems into account
Bioinformatics · Biology · Criminology · Microbiome · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child Abuse and Trauma · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
Unbearable Weight
Intimate partner violence victimization prior to and during pregnancy among women residing in 26 U.S. states
Cause and Norm
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases
Associations between measures of socioeconomic status and low birth weight, small for gestational age, and premature delivery in the United States
Society
Ethics and Ideology in Breastfeeding Advocacy Campaigns
Measuring mothering
Area-level poverty and preterm birth risk
The Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics to Birthweight Among 5 Ethnic Groups in California
Neighborhood risk factors for low birthweight in Baltimore
Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low birthweight in Chicago
Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth
Place effects on health
Urban neighborhoods, chronic stress, gender and depression
Mediating Intimacy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |