Reproductive justice

Non‐interference or non‐domination

Bibliographic Data

ID19516641
AuthorsHimani Bhakuni (0000-0003-0884-7866, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume23
Issue2
Pages93-98
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeveloping World Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-8731 • E-ISSN: 1471-8847
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/dewb.12317
PMID33998120
OpenAlexW3162497221
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The reproductive justice movement started by black women’s rights activists made its way into the academic literature as an intersectional approach to women’s reproductive autonomy. While there are many scholars who now employ the term ‘reproductive justice’ in their research, few have taken up the task of explaining what ‘justice’ entails in reproductive justice. In this paper I take up part of this work and attempt to clarify the relevant kind of freedom an adequate theory of reproductive justice would postulate. To do so, I compare two approaches to reproductive freedom: an approach based on freedom as non‐interference and an approach based on freedom as non‐domination. I then argue that the non‐domination approach better fits the ideals of the reproductive justice movement as set forth by its founders and should be treated as one of the necessary conditions in any non‐ideal account of reproductive justice. Towards the end, I single out epistemic non‐domination as crucial in shaping the narrative around reproductive justice

Abortion · Autonomy · Biology · Criminology · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Reproductive justice · Reproductive rights · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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