Rhetorics of reproductive justice and injustice in the aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this forum, feminist rhetorical scholars address reproductive justice and injustice in the aftermath of Dobbs. Exhibiting diverse perspectives, concerns, and critical approaches, forum contributors consider topics such as the reinforcement and disruption of the gender binary in the discourse surrounding Dobbs; privacy and precarity in the homeland security state; the structures of power and control that perpetuate gendered violence and reproductive injustices; how anti-abortion arguments are “nested” within one another in a structure that obscures their complexity; and how radical and reformist rhetoric might productively respond to the conservative judicial and legislative climate that resulted in Roe’s repudiation.