Policing Is Reproductive Oppression: How Policing and Carceral Systems Criminalize Parenting and Maintain Reproductive Oppression

Since the era of chattel slavery, the state has used institutionalized abuse and violence as a tool for reproductive control. Today, public institutions and social services have been established by the state to police and surveil the behavior of poor communities and parents to maintain the reproduct...

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Published in:Social sciences (Basel) 2024-10, Vol.13 (10), p.515
Main Authors: Pendleton, Maya, Dettlaff, Alan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abolition
Abortion
Autonomy
Black people
Bodily integrity
Child welfare
Criminalization
Domestic violence
Families & family life
family policing
Gender identity
Human reproduction
Intersex people
Law enforcement
Minority & ethnic groups
Oppression
Parenting
Parents & parenting
policing
Political aspects
Poverty
Pregnancy
Racism
reproductive justice
Reproductive rights
Social justice
Social order
Social services
Social work
Surveillance
Womens health
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Summary:Since the era of chattel slavery, the state has used institutionalized abuse and violence as a tool for reproductive control. Today, public institutions and social services have been established by the state to police and surveil the behavior of poor communities and parents to maintain the reproductive violence and oppression that began centuries ago. This paper uses a reproductive justice framework to explore how the history of criminalizing pregnancy, surveilling Black and Indigenous communities, and denying reproductive autonomy are connected to and maintained by the present-day family policing system. In doing so, this paper expands on existing literature to create a stronger link and build solidarity between the movements against family policing and reproductive oppression.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci13100515