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Apr. 19, 2017
How American law can make mothers legal targets
In her new book "Blaming Mothers," law professor Linda Fentiman explores how pregnant women are stripped of their right to make end-of-life decisions.
In her new book "Blaming Mothers," law professor Linda Fentiman explores how mothers became legal targets. She explains the psychological processes we use to confront tragic events, and the unconscious race, class and gender biases that affect our perceptions and influence the decisions of prosecutors, judges and jurors. For instance, she writes about a Utah woman who was charged with murder when she declined to have...
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