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dc.contributor.authorMilne, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-11T07:49:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-11
dc.identifier.issn1095-8835
dc.identifier.issn2688-5565
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15749
dc.description.abstract

The fetus-first mentality advocates that pregnant women and women who could become pregnant should put the needs and well-being of their fetus before their own. As this Article will illustrate, this popular public perception has pervaded criminal law, impacting responses to women deemed to be the “irresponsible” pregnant woman and so the “bad” mother. The Article considers cases from Alabama and Indiana in the United States and England in the United Kingdom, providing clear evidence that concerns about the behavior of pregnant women now hang heavy over criminal justice responses to women who experience a negative pregnancy outcome or who are perceived to have behaved in a way that could result in a negative outcome. This Article provides a new approach by bringing together a critical assessment of fetal protection laws with theories of motherhood ideologies and analyzing how such ideologies have resulted in legal developments not only in the US, where fetuses have been granted legal recognition in most states, but also in England and Wales, where the fetus continues to have no legal personality. The Article will conclude that the application of the fetus-first mentality within criminal law has resulted in dangerous legal developments that challenge women’s rights, while doing little to protect fetuses.

dc.format.extent149-211
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Michigan Law Library
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAbortion
dc.subjectConcealment of Birth
dc.subjectFoetal homicide
dc.subjectHomicide
dc.subjectMotherhood
dc.subjectPregnant women
dc.titlePutting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy
dc.typejournal-article
plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume27
plymouth.publisher-urlhttps://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol27/iss1/
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalMichigan Journal of Gender & Law
dc.identifier.doi10.36641/mjgl.27.1.putting
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA18 Law
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-06-11
dc.rights.embargodate2020-6-12
dc.identifier.eissn2688-5565
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
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rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-06-11
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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