Milne, Emma and Dabrowski, Vicki (2022) Imprisoned Women and Reproductive Health: A Site of Reproductive Rights Violation? In: The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781032064307
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In England and Wales, women who are imprisoned are meant to receive the same standard of healthcare compared to women in the general population, this includes reproductive healthcare. Reproductive healthcare is a fundamental aspect of women’s rights. Despite this, there has been no systematic approach to the reproductive rights and healthcare of women who are in prison. Approaches to women prisoners have focused on aspects of their reproductive health as “issues” that need to be resolved (such as prenatal care), rather than understanding women’s reproductive healthcare as a fundamental aspect of their lived experiences and rights. Examples of reproductive care and rights include: women’s ability to access contraception and abortion services; to determine when, how, and how many children they have; how they parent those children (including suitable childcare arrangements); their reproductive health and access to related screening and healthcare services; and health personal care for mensuration, this includes access to sanitary products and suitable medical care for related gynaecological conditions. In this chapter we critique approaches to imprisoned women’s reproductive rights and advocate for reproductive rights to take centre-stage when considering how to support women who are imprisoned.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
Depositing User: | Vicki Dabrowski |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2022 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 10:55 |
URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3647 |
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