Whose Backlash, against Whom? Feminism and the American Pro-Life Movement's 'Mother-Child Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2227079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brittany R Leach (0000-0001-6856-6711, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-328 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-6943 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/705004 |
| OpenAlex | W2991991234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
The American pro-life movement’s “mother-child strategy,” which emphasizes the alignment of fetal and maternal interests, complicates conceptions of backlash. Pro-life activists claim that it is now feminists who are engaging in backlash against the movement for “fetal human rights.” Although this claim does reflect the troublingly defensive position in which advocates of reproductive freedom currently find themselves, I contend that neither pro-life nor pro-choice activism can be adequately captured by the notion of backlash. I also argue that pro-life discourse has evolved from a backlash into a neopatriarchal campaign for a future that superficially reconfigures but ultimately deepens reproductive oppression. Because the pro-life movement has a complicated relationship with neoliberal feminism, I conclude that feminists should respond by developing new discourses about pregnant bodies and visions of a feminist future that offer an alternative to neoliberalism
Backlash · Feminism · Feminist movement · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Oppression · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Reproductive Health and Technologies
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Introduction
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |