Saunders, K. (2022) Taking matters into your own hands? Thinking through the social and political logics of IUC self-removal. Feminist Theory,
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Abstract
In this piece, I tease out my ongoing thinking about self-managed care and contraception, in response to fears surrounding the wider consequences of the Supreme Court decision on abortion (Michelson, 2022). Specifically, I will focus on the perhaps lesser known practice of self-removal of intrauterine contraceptives (IUCs) by contraceptive users, who then share their experiences via online platforms (Amico et al, 2020; Broussard and Becker, 2021). In doing so, I will think through the social and political logics of self-removal to show how contraceptive decisions are situated in and shaped by contexts of inadequate care and coercive structures. Self-removal may therefore be a necessary practice for navigating and resisting such structures and increasingly uncertain feminist futures.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Saunders, Dr Kristina |
Authors: | Saunders, K. |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
Journal Name: | Feminist Theory |
Publisher: | SAGE |
ISSN: | 1464-7001 |
ISSN (Online): | 1741-2773 |
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