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L�opez, Iris Ofelia.

Matters of choice Puerto Rican women's struggle for reproductive freedom / [electronic resource] : Iris Lopez. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xxv, 184 p. : geneal. tables.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.

The globalization of sterilization -- The birth control movement in Puerto Rico -- Gender awareness across generations -- Cultural continuities and urban change -- The Velez family: poverty, the cancer scare, and hysterectomies -- The Robles family: social change and gender struggle -- The Gomez family: under the knife again-reversing la operaci�on -- The Morales and Rivera families: tough love and sterile choices -- Reproductive rights and an integral model of reproductive freedom -- Ideologies and inequities in the health care system -- Toward an integral model of reproductive freedom.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8C1928 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reproductive rights--History.--Puerto Rico
Poor women--Social conditions.--Puerto Rico
Poor--Puerto Rico.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ766.5.P8 / L66 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.9/7097295