Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics
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By Tankard Reist, Melinda
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Todays society demands physical perfection from all and regards medical and scientific technologies as saviours to be embraced whatever the cost. To have a child who has been diagnosed with a disability is deemed not just unnecessary, but careless and even immoral. Defiant Birth ...tells the courageous stories of women who continued their pregnancies despite intense pressure from doctors, family members and social expectations. These women were told they shouldnt have their babies because of a perceived imperfection in the child, or because their own disabilities do not fit within the parameters of what a mother should be. In the face of silent disapproval and open hostility, they have confronted the stigma of disability and had their children anyway. Some of the writers tell of grave misdiagnosis, others of life-changing experiences, discovering the joy and love in children considered unworthy of life.
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| ISBN |
9781925581911 |
| Published AU |
1 Apr 2019 |
| Publisher |
Spinifex Press |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, Enhanced edition |
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Available at publisher; usually ships 7-14 working days
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| ISBN-13 |
9781925581911 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Available at publisher; usually ships 7-14 working days |
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| Publisher |
Spinifex Press |
| Imprint |
Spinifex Press |
| Published |
1 Apr 2019
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| Publication Country |
 Australia |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, Enhanced edition
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| Edition |
Enhanced edition |
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| Author(s) |
By Tankard Reist, Melinda |
| Category |
Social & Ethical Issues: Abortion
Australian
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| Number of Pages |
338 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 137mm
Height: 215mm
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Weight |
375g |
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Author's Bio
Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation of girls, objectification of women, pornification of culture, sexual exploitation and trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of five books with Spinifex Press. An opinion writer for a range of mainstream and online media (including ABC and SBS), Melinda is also a regular on morning television and has appeared on ABCs Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of exploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia and the Raise Foundation, Melinda is named in the Whos Who of Australian Women and the World Whos Who of Women.
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