Beyond Hand Holding: Abortion Doulas and a Reproductive Justice Politics of Love

This thesis is a feminist ethnography of abortion doulas, non-medical people who provide emotional, physical, and informational support to people terminating their pregnancy. I write as a volunteer doula and, taking an auto-ethnographic approach, contextualize the practice within the history of abortion politics, affect theory, and feminist activism to explore the potentialities of abortion doulas as revolutionary and creative activists within a reproductive justice movement under fire.

    Item Description
    Name(s)
    Author: Ko, Michele
    Thesis advisor: Sharma, Aradhana
    Date
    April 15, 2016
    Extent
    100 pages
    Language
    eng
    Genre
    Physical Form
    electronic
    Discipline
    Rights and Use
    In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
    Restrictions on Use
    Access limited to Wesleyan Community only. Please contact wesscholar@wesleyan.edu for more information.
    Digital Collection
    PID
    ir:2188