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A Woman's Right to Know

- Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
Af: Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Engelsk Paperback

A Woman's Right to Know

- Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
Af: Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Engelsk Paperback
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The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.

Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one side or the other of the bathroom door for a “positive” or “negative” result has become a modern ritual and rite of passage. Today, the ubiquitous home pregnancy test is implicated in personal decisions and public debates about all aspects of reproduction, from miscarriage and abortion to the “biological clock” and IVF. Yet, only three generations ago, women typically waited not minutes but months to find out whether they were pregnant. A Woman’s Right to Know tells, for the first time, the story of pregnancy testing—one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction.

Focusing on Britain from around 1900 to the present day, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn shows how demand shifted from doctors to women, and then goes further to explain the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an obscure laboratory service to an easily accessible (though fraught) tool for every woman. Lastly, the book reflects on resources the past might contain for the present and future of sexual and reproductive health.

Solidly researched and compellingly argued, Olszynko-Gryn demonstrates that the rise of pregnancy testing has had significant—and not always expected—impact and has led to changes in the ways in which we conceive of pregnancy itself.
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The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.

Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one side or the other of the bathroom door for a “positive” or “negative” result has become a modern ritual and rite of passage. Today, the ubiquitous home pregnancy test is implicated in personal decisions and public debates about all aspects of reproduction, from miscarriage and abortion to the “biological clock” and IVF. Yet, only three generations ago, women typically waited not minutes but months to find out whether they were pregnant. A Woman’s Right to Know tells, for the first time, the story of pregnancy testing—one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction.

Focusing on Britain from around 1900 to the present day, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn shows how demand shifted from doctors to women, and then goes further to explain the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an obscure laboratory service to an easily accessible (though fraught) tool for every woman. Lastly, the book reflects on resources the past might contain for the present and future of sexual and reproductive health.

Solidly researched and compellingly argued, Olszynko-Gryn demonstrates that the rise of pregnancy testing has had significant—and not always expected—impact and has led to changes in the ways in which we conceive of pregnancy itself.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 424
ISBN-13: 9780262544399
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0262544393
Kategori: Statslig, National & Føderal politik
Udg. Dato: 12 dec 2023
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: MIT Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 12 dec 2023
Forfatter(e): Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Forfatter(e) Jesse Olszynko-Gryn

Kategori Statslig, National & Føderal politik

ISBN-13 9780262544399

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 424

Udgave

Længde 29mm

Bredde 230mm

Højde 152mm

Udg. Dato 12 dec 2023

Oplagsdato 12 dec 2023

Forlag MIT Press Ltd