Jael Sillman et al.
Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice.
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016. First printing of second edition. 9781608466177 xv/359 pages.
Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6.25" x 9.25", and shows shelfwear, with red marking to top/bottom edge of text block. Vertical crease appears at center of rear cover. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright.
""Undivided Rights" captures the evolving and largely unknown activist history of women of color organizing for reproductive justice on their own behalf. "Undivided Rights" presents a textured understanding of the reproductive rights movement by placing the experiences, priorities, and activism of women of color in the foreground. Using historical research, original organizational case studies, and personal interviews, the authors illuminate how women of color have led the fight to control their own bodies and reproductive destinies. "Undivided Rights" shows how women of color-starting within their own Latina, African American, Native American, and Asian American communities have resisted coercion of their reproductive abilities. Projected against the backdrop of the mainstream pro-choice movement and radical right agendas, these dynamic case studies feature the groundbreaking work being done by health and reproductive rights organizations led by women-of-color. The book details how and why these women have defined and implemented expansive reproductive health agendas that reject legalistic remedies and seek instead to address the wider needs of their communities. It stresses the urgency for innovative strategies that push beyond the traditional base and goals of the mainstream pro-choice movement strategies that are broadly inclusive while being specific, strategies that speak to all women by speaking to each woman. While the authors raise tough questions about inclusion, identity politics, and the future of women’s organizing, they also offer a way out of the limiting focus on "choice. "Undivided Rights" articulates a holistic vision for reproductive freedom. It refuses to allow our human rights to be divvied up and parceled out into isolated boxes that people are then forced to pick and choose among."