Reproductive Autonomy, Graphic Reproduction, and The Elephant in the Womb.

IF 0.7 4区医学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01

Neeraj Abe, Sathyaraj Venkatesan

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Abstract

Reproductive autonomy is an integral aspect of female reproduction, but this autonomy is endangered by the control and surveillance of pregnant bodies by institutional structures, laws, and cultural norms. These restrictions deprive women of the freedom to make informed choices, ranging from decisions concerning prenatal care and reproductive procedures to abortion, violating fundamental human rights and bodily autonomy. This article examines how Kalki Koechlin's graphic memoir The Elephant in the Womb (2021) advances and nuances the discourses surrounding reproductive autonomy and offers insights into how graphic reproduction narratives contribute to developing reproductive rights discourse.

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生殖自主，图形繁殖，和子宫里的大象。

生殖自主权是女性生殖的一个组成部分，但这种自主权受到制度结构、法律和文化规范对怀孕身体的控制和监视的威胁。这些限制剥夺了妇女作出知情选择的自由，从产前护理和生殖程序决定到堕胎，侵犯了基本人权和身体自主权。本文探讨了Kalki Koechlin的图形回忆录《子宫里的大象》（2021）如何推进和微妙地改变了围绕生殖自主的话语，并提供了关于图形生殖叙事如何有助于发展生殖权利话语的见解。

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Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 医学-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, an interdisciplinary scholarly journal whose readers include biologists, physicians, students, and scholars, publishes essays that place important biological or medical subjects in broader scientific, social, or humanistic contexts. These essays span a wide range of subjects, from biomedical topics such as neurobiology, genetics, and evolution, to topics in ethics, history, philosophy, and medical education and practice. The editors encourage an informal style that has literary merit and that preserves the warmth, excitement, and color of the biological and medical sciences.