Please post a response to the readings on valuations of motherhood here!

You did not have to post a response this week or last week.

Below is an article from the NY Times on South Korean unwed mothers and the trials they face in deciding to keep a child, a good example of stratified reproduction.

Groups Resist Korean Stigma for Unwed Mothers

Once again, another example of the pharmaceutical industry dictating what is “safe” for the consumer. See NY Times article below:

Health Concerns are Raised Over Popular Contraceptives

Here’s another recent article from The Nation, this time on conflicts of interest involved in academic research and the testing of pharmaceuticals. This article focuses particularly on Harvard University, an esteemed bastion of knowledge production. Think about what you read in the IUD, Depo-Provera, Quinicrine sterilization, and Implanon articles, in particular, with regard to this issue. See link to article below:

Harvard, Heal Thyself

Please post your comments to week 4’s readings on contraception here.

Remember that your contraception assignment is due this Tuesday and that you will present the information in class!

Here’s an article on crisis pregnancy centers that relates in many ways to what Patricia Hill-Collins states regarding stratified reproduction, in relation to low-income white women in particular. Click on link below:

Shotgun Adoption

I thought some of you might be interested in reading this article that was published in this week’s Nation magazine. Remember what I said about hysteria in this past week’s class…click on the link to “Sexual Healing” below.

Sexual Healing

Please add your blog post responding to the readings on birth control as population control here.

Also, I’d like each of you to prepare one discussion question from the readings for next week’s class. I will collect these questions at the beginning of class and we will use these to drive the direction of next week’s discussion.

Please post your blog response to the week 2 readings focusing on an introduction to humanistic perspectives on reproductive and sexual health here. Remember to email me your pseudonym and to use your pseudonym, in place of your name, when you are asked to fill in your name.

Welcome to the Reproductive Health course blog. I will be posting the weekly reading topics on this page and you will post your blog responses here.