Competing Gender Paradigms: Gender Difference, Fetal Rights and the Case of Johnson Controls

Cynthia R. Daniels

Review of Policy Research, 1991, vol. 10, issue 4, 51-68

Abstract: Political debates over the concept of “fetal rights” pose in sharp relief questions regarding the meaning of biological gender difference for gender equality. Can the state's obligation to “protect” fetal health be used to modify or control women's behavior? If so, what does this mean for women's status as full and equal citizens in a democratic society? This article addresses these questions through an analysis of the political, legal, scientific and moral debates over “fetal protection policies” in hazardous workplaces.

Date: 1991
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