Fertility Policy in Israel: The Politics of Religion, Gender, and Nation FROM THE PUBLISHER
An examination, with feminist perspective, of Israel's fertility practices and policies surrounding abortion, family planning, in vitro fertilization and the welfare state. This book exposes the complex web of issues, actors, and power relations that shape the Israeli political agenda. At the same time, it contributes to ongoing feminist debates concerning the politics of reproduction and the role of the state in contributing to the oppression of women.
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An examination, with feminist perspective, of Israel's fertility practices and policies surrounding abortion, family planning, in vitro fertilization, and the welfare state.
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Booknews
A researcher and policy analyst for Canadian government argues that despite the lack of an official policy on national fertility, the Israeli government has introduced many measures that taken as a whole constitute an unofficial policy designed to increase the Jewish fertility rate and decrease that of the Arabs. She describes such measures as establishing socio-economic incentives for prospective mothers or parents, obstructing women's access to contraception and abortion, and promoting technologies that treat infertility. She puts the orientation in the context of Zionist ideology and history and the legacy of demographic war left from the formation of the state. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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