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The Fight over Choice: The History and Future of Reproductive Rights
Learn about the history and future of reproductive justice.
Reproductive rights guarantee individuals the freedom to make decisions about their bodies and reproductive health. These rights include access to safe and effective health care, the ability to choose whether or when to have children, the right to express their gender identity how they wish, and more.
People, particularly women, have faced extreme barriers to reproductive rights throughout history. The Fight over Choice explores some of these barriers and how people and organizations have fought to overcome them through reproductive justice. By highlighting these efforts, it underscores the significance of empowering individuals to secure their reproductive rights and make informed choices about their bodies and futures.
Reproductive rights guarantee individuals the freedom to make decisions about their bodies and reproductive health. These rights include access to safe and effective health care, the ability to choose whether or when to have children, the right to express their gender identity how they wish, and more.
People, particularly women, have faced extreme barriers to reproductive rights throughout history. The Fight over Choice explores some of these barriers and how people and organizations have fought to overcome them through reproductive justice. By highlighting these efforts, it underscores the significance of empowering individuals to secure their reproductive rights and make informed choices about their bodies and futures.
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Published August 1, 2025
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April 21, 2026
As far as books about a sensitive topic go, I felt that this one handled things pretty well. It's a very basic introduction to the topic and it spans many years of history before reaching the main points of the modern era. It's mostly focused on female reproduction; talking about contraceptives, abortions, and access to reproductive health care, but I did like that it touched briefly on LGBTQ+ and menstruation rights as well.
The book is concise, not delving too deeply into any one topic, just enough to hit the factual points relevant to the section. Enough to hopefully make a student curious and want to look into more. I believe that keeping to the surface level of each topic helped to keep it from accidentally running into bias -- but at the same time, the information can be so brutal at times, that I couldn't tell if I was feeling biased, or if it was just being factually correct. I also feel very strongly in support of this topic, so I could definitely be blinded by that as well.
I'd also like to shout out the small section talking about consent for intersexed people. I've never seen anything about intersexed people outside of my college course on human sexuality, but seeing them represented in a middle school book made me feel excited and proud to have this book on my shelves, specifically for them. With this, I hope they feel seen and a little less alone.
The book is concise, not delving too deeply into any one topic, just enough to hit the factual points relevant to the section. Enough to hopefully make a student curious and want to look into more. I believe that keeping to the surface level of each topic helped to keep it from accidentally running into bias -- but at the same time, the information can be so brutal at times, that I couldn't tell if I was feeling biased, or if it was just being factually correct. I also feel very strongly in support of this topic, so I could definitely be blinded by that as well.
I'd also like to shout out the small section talking about consent for intersexed people. I've never seen anything about intersexed people outside of my college course on human sexuality, but seeing them represented in a middle school book made me feel excited and proud to have this book on my shelves, specifically for them. With this, I hope they feel seen and a little less alone.
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