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Blaming Mothers - American Law and the Risks to Children’s Health (Hardcover)
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Blaming Mothers - American Law and the Risks to Children’s Health (Hardcover)
Series: Families, Law, and Society
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A gripping explanation of the biases that lead to the blaming of
pregnant women and mothers. Are mothers truly a danger to their
children’s health? In 2004, a mentally disabled young woman in
Utah was charged by prosecutors with murder after she declined to
have a Caesarian section and subsequently delivered a stillborn
child. In 2010, a pregnant woman who attempted suicide when the
baby’s father abandoned her was charged with murder and attempted
feticide after the daughter she delivered prematurely died. These
are just two of the many cases that portray mothers as the major
source of health risk for their children. The American legal system
is deeply shaped by unconscious risk perception that distorts core
legal principles to punish mothers who “fail to protect” their
children. In Blaming Mothers, Professor Fentiman explores how
mothers became legal targets. She explains the psychological
processes we use to confront tragic events and the unconscious
race, class, and gender biases that affect our perceptions and
influence the decisions of prosecutors, judges, and jurors.
Fentiman examines legal actions taken against pregnant women in the
name of “fetal protection” including court ordered C-sections
and maintaining brain-dead pregnant women on life support to
gestate a fetus, as well as charges brought against mothers who
fail to protect their children from an abusive male partner. She
considers the claims of physicians and policymakers that refusing
to breastfeed is risky to children’s health. And she explores the
legal treatment of lead-poisoned children, in which landlords and
lead paint manufacturers are not held responsible for exposing
children to high levels of lead, while mothers are blamed for their
children’s injuries. Blaming Mothers is a powerful call to
reexamine who - and what - we consider risky to children’s
health. Fentiman offers an important framework for evaluating
childhood risk that, rather than scapegoating mothers, provides
concrete solutions that promote the health of all of America’s
children. Read a piece by Linda Fentiman on shaming and blaming
mothers under the law on The Gender Policy Report.
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Imprint: |
New York University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Families, Law, and Society |
Release date: |
March 2017 |
Authors: |
Linda C Fentiman
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
416 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-2482-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
Jurisprudence & general issues >
Law & society
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LSN: |
0-8147-2482-5 |
Barcode: |
9780814724828 |
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