02167nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10275494 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080110s2008 njuj sb s001 0 eng 2008000883 GBA8C1928 bnb 014783525 Uk 9780813543727 (hardover : alk. paper) 081354372X (hardover : alk. paper) 9780813543734 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813543738 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)311593409 nwpr--- HQ766.5.P8 L66 2008eb 363.9/7097295 22 L�opez, Iris Ofelia. Matters of choice [electronic resource] : Puerto Rican women's struggle for reproductive freedom / 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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Reproductive rights Puerto Rico History. Poor women Puerto Rico Social conditions. Poor Puerto Rico. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10275494 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 5978 5978