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Blaming Mothers - American Law and the Risks to Children's Health (Paperback)
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Blaming Mothers - American Law and the Risks to Children's Health (Paperback)
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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