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Today most Americans expect their re- productive fates to be within their Conil. If the United States is the "promised land" that guarantees citizens the right to the pursuit of happiness, then nothing should stand in their way-nol so- cial constraints, not legal barriers, not even the limitations of their own bodies.
With the increasing acceptance of a variety of reproductive options, and the promise of technological fixes to help achieve those goals, Americans have become more, not less, preoccupied with their own reproductive fates and everyone else's as well. Using the experiences of the childless as a lens, this book explores how that preoccupation emerged, what nourished its roots in our past, and what in the national culture promoted it.
ISBN:9780465006090
