Prof. Goodwin Presents at International Conference, "Intersecting Family Lives, Locales, and Labours"

Professor Michele Goodwin is the featured closing plenary speaker at the international conference, "Intersecting Family Lives, Locales, and Labours," in London. Goodwin will present a talk building from her forthcoming book, Policing The Womb, which examines how the regulation of women's reproduction has shifted from an exclusive focus on abortion, to now encompass women's behavior and conduct, during pregnancy. Goodwin's research exposes how this type of attention to women's reproduction primarily focuses on the poor and she draws a contrast between maternal conduct laws that investigate poor women's conduct versus that of wealthier women who utilize assisted reproductive technologies.