WMST 140: Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours

Catalog page 436

Prerequisites: upper-division standing

Description: Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Discusses political and economic processes and soci- ocultural dynamics, population control, sex prefer- ence, infanticide and neonatal neglect, adoption and foster parenting, abortion, technologically assisted conception, and gestational surrogacy. Cross-listed with ANTH 147. Fulfills the Social Sciences require- ment for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.