Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Womens Work

Published: April 3, 2019, 10 a.m.

b'As states around the country are moving to enact abortion restrictions hoping to get their cases challenged in court, eventually the Supreme Court to take over Roe vs Wade.\\xa0 Today we are in conversation about issues around abortion in a different light, not one about morality and sexuality or even religious issues, but one that is related to political economy and a woman\\u2019s right to behold her labor in every meaning of the word.\\nGuest: Jenny Brown is a\\xa0National Women\\u2019s Liberation\\xa0organizer and former editor of\\xa0Labor Notes. She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to have \\u201cmorning-after pill\\u201d contraception available over-the-counter in the U.S. and was a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. She is coauthor of the Redstockings book\\xa0Women\\u2019s Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America,\\xa0the author of Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now and her latest Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women\\u2019s Work.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nThe post Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women\\u2019s Work appeared first on KPFA.'