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LALS 80S Group Worksheet 4 Group Members: Melodie Ostorga, Mia Merino, Julia Zenteno, Desiree Garcia, Kelly White Answer the following questions based on your close reading of Piepmeier’s The Inadequacy of ‘Choice’: Disability and What’s Wrong with Feminist Framings of Reproduction. 1. What new perspectives does Piepmeier introduce that expand our comprehension of the limitations of the abortion rights/reproductive choice framework? (Melodie) She brings in the word “choice” which is commonly used in debates about reproductive rights, also used in the term pro-choice. She states that reproduction should not be defined as a choice and it's much more complex than that. Rather than listening to so many voices and opinions, listening to women who are pregnant or are parents is the right thing to do. This is because conversations around fetuses with disabilities and abortions in general, are more complex than just a decision. Piepmeier was pregnant with a child with disabilities and was encouraged to abort. The overall perspective she gave was that the discourse around “decisions” and “choices” causes harm, reason being that a choice seems easy and reproduction/abortion choices are not easy. Answer the following questions based on your close reading of Ross’ African American Women and Abortion. 2. What are some of the most significant historical factors that have shaped African American women’s specific understanding of their reproductive needs? Slavery was a significant historical factor that helped shape African American women’s understanding of their reproductive needs. During slavery, African American women were raped and essentially breeded in order to grow the number of enslaved people. They didn’t have reproductive control and resorted to other methods if they wanted to prevent pregnancy. Additionally, during the early 1900s, fertility control gained popularity amongst African American women, which in turn also shifted their understanding of reproductive needs. Oftentimes, it was difficult to medically get an abortion so African American women would take matters into their own hands. Numerous times throughout history, African American women have had to tend to their own reproductive needs. 1

Answer the following questions based on your close reading of Stern’s Sterilization. 3. For Latinas, how are reproductive choices complicated by histories of colonialism, racism, and xenophobia? Reproductive choices were complicated by histories of colonialism, racism, and xenophobia through many unneeded and exaggerated procedures. In Puerto Rico, the United States decided to “help” their issue of unemployment and development problems by regulating their family sizes, sterilizing many puertorriqueñas. This spread and doctors even started performing these procedures nonconsensually. Even in the United States, there was sterilization abuse, such as hospitals in Los Angeles. The groups targeted happened to be in low income areas. A study showed that in California, where there is a large population of Latin American citizens who reside therejj Answer the following questions based on your close reading of Gutiérrez’s Latina/o Sex Policy. 4. What are some of the obstacles Latina/os face regarding sexual and reproductive health? Some obstacles that Latina/so face regarding sexual and reproductive health are access to reproductive healthcare, increased risks of sexually transmitted infections, and a harder time to gain the rights of the same sex marriage than people from other racial and ethnic groups. The amount of Latinos that have HIV and AIDS in the U.S keeps increasing due to the fact that they are sex workers and have li,tied access to health care. Since immigrant women don’t receive adequate health care, they don't have access to cancer screening, family planning service, sex education and HIV/AID testing. All of these obstacles are just a fraction of what Latina/os face regarding sexual and reproductive health. Answer the following questions based on your close reading of Gutiérrez’s “We Will No Longer be Silent or Invisible” Latinas Organizing for Reproductive Justice. 5. Briefly describe the history of Latinx activism for reproductive rights/justice. Gutierrez begins by explaining how Spanish legislation was created to contain the reproductive rights and sexual behaviors of women. More specifically how colonialism, neocolonialism, and capitalism have shaped sexual and reproductive behaviors of women in Spain. Many laws coming out of Spain concerned women's sexuality so that interracial sex and reproduction was limited. Over time the United States began to involve themselves and “helped” the population of Puerto Rico by sterilizing women. Ultimately we can analyze how women struggled to gain a 2

voice for their own bodies. It is difficult to claim what you desire to do with your body when your country is built of men who rule over it. 3

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