Assisted Conception Book Summary

I read The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez. The book is about how Gaby overcame stereotypes and expectations put on her when she faked her pregnancy for a senior project as a social experiment to see how her peers would react. I enjoyed reading this book because Gaby wrote in such a way that I would find myself thinking of past experiences that could relate with what she was talking about. After I read, “One of the best things a role model can do is show how to get through the tough times and live a good life despite setbacks and hardships, because nobody gets through this life without scars along the way.” (Rodriguez 206), a lot of thoughts came to mind. One of the first thoughts came to my mind was my role model and how even though he went through a lot of tough times he changed his attitude and lives a good life. I also thought about myself and how even though I might me having the worst day I should always be the best that

Gaby Rodriguez’s purpose in The Pregnant Project is to inspire readers to think positively and to know their own inner strength despite how others may judge or act.

Masters of Choice is a wonderful publication by Iris Lopez. Iris Lopez is an urban anthropologist who currently works at the City College of New York. She is currently the director of Latin American and Latino Studies and was previously the director of Women’s Studies as well. Throughout her professional career, she has worked extensively with the Latino communities within New York City. Iris Lopez has chosen to focus her work on gender studies, immigration studies and reproductive rights. Her professional and educational background along side of her exceptional research skills helped her to create the captivating publication Masters of Choice: Puerto Rican Women’s Struggle for Reproductive Freedom. Within this publication, Lopez looks at what she believes to be the roots of evil within the United States development and influence on Puerto Rico, as well as the Birth Control Movements.

Alexandra Tsiaras came up with a phenomenal way of describing conception to birth in his interview he did for Ted Talk. There were several things and little details that I truthfully did not know happened so fast during a woman’s pregnancy. It amazes me how people can go through with abortion after watching a video like Conception to Birth. Alexandra Tsiara’s visuals on conception to birth show a whole new outline of how fast a baby becomes a human, and that makes it that much more precious.

She traces the colonial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico using these debates and themes as her framework. The sexuality of women on the island became the object of worry beginning before the United States became the colonizer. This worry began with fears of the “tropical” or venereal diseases that prostitutes on the island could spread to soldiers stationed there. Briggs argues that North American missionaries, physicians, feminists, nationalists, and finally Puerto Rican feminists used the problematic sexuality of the women on the island as a rhetorical and political tool. The sexuality of women was seen as the root cause of the problems of poverty, disease, and nationhood in Puerto Rico. After the legislation about disease and its international context, Briggs delves into the history of birth control on the island. She argues that although pushed upon the women, birth control and eugenics could be appropriated by Puerto Rican feminists. Her chapters on sterilization focus on the idea that feminists in the United States could undercut Puerto Rican feminists when critiquing sterilization practices in Puerto Rico. The other forms of birth control that were widely available were available in quantity, not necessarily quality, and for Puerto Rican women, sterilization offered a solution,

68-92). Andaya (2014) uses quotes from participants to explain the Cuban narrative of abortion (pp. 80-82). There seems to be a double narrative that is taking place during discussions surrounding abortion. One narrative designates women who keep unintended pregnancies as “undisciplined” (Pg. 82). Women are shamed for conceiving often, especially if they are of a lower class. On the other hand, there is a counter narrative which shames women who have had multiple abortions (Pg. 68). This shaming is disguised a concern for women’s health and fertility, where Andaya (2014) writes “The state holds that abortion is a public health problem…in 2004, 11 of the 54 maternal mortalities were abortion related (Acosta 2006)” in which Cuba has “linked” abortion to maternal mortality. Furthermore, Andaya (2014) also writes “…in 2009, more than half of the cases of female infertility among young women were thought

In Richter's “Facing East from Indian Country” he changed the stare of early American past around and services the reader to reflect stories of North America during the period of European foundation rather than of the European establishment of North America. Well familiar to historians and early Americans for his significant study of the Iroquois, Richter has now wrote what might prove to be the final work in the effort to reintegrate Indians into the history of North America. Reviewers can’t visualize any historian or student dismissing the role of Native people in the history of colonial and early America after reading this book and learning about its many lessons. For this reason Facing East will enjoy a long shelf-life as one of the best

This article discusses the first two test tube babies meeting each other at a fertility conference. Through this, it displays how two of the first humans produced by this technology can bond over something such as their specialized births and what "life growing up in the spotlight has been like" (Simpson). The recognition of this event as a medical breakthrough helps to portray the importance of further advancement within this technology. As time continues so does the need to keep up with the new and upcoming technologies, and this article shows the importance of furthering the technology of IVF. The online article analyzed for the resolution of this topic was a book review in Louise Brown's autobiography. The review chose to focus on analyzing the parents of the first test tube baby opposed to the birth itself. This article states the negative effects IVF has had on the world and how it coincides with religion and moral beliefs. The review is very clearly against Louise Brown and what she has to say about the advancement that was her birth. Throughout the review, the author fails to include a counter argument for their

While visiting Alto do Cruzeiro in 1965, Hughes noticed women were indifferent concerning the death of their children. Infants born dead or “waiting to die” is a common occurrence in Alto do Cruzeiro. The women of the community became use to experiencing these tragedies and decided it would be easier to cooperate with Gods plan. If an infant is born “waiting to die”, the mother will usually leave the child to die. Having this kind of attitude towards dying infants has a powerful impact on maternal thinking and practice. Already knowing that an infant will not survive makes the women less loving and nurturing. When an infant actually survives, the mother has a difficult time raising the child. Children born in this area “lack traditional breast feeding, subsistence gardens, stable marriages, and multiple adult care-takers that exists in the interior.” Since single parenting is the norm, woman are forced to leave the infant at home, many times by itself. The women cannot carry their child with them at work or by the river. They can not leave their child with the older children because if they are not in school they are working as well. Also, since women earn a dollor and day, they can not afford to hire a baby

Making big choices in life can be difficult, especially if that big choice is having children. There are many men and women who are infertile that still want to have children. Most decide to adopt other children who do not have families or their families do not want them. But when adoption is not an option, there is now a way where those men and women can have their own children together through fertility treatments. Fertility treatments could be a good thing:being able to freeze egg and sperm, they can help infertile couples, and avoiding transmitted diseases would be easier.

Our gender has an effect on every aspect of our lives, varying from how we view ourselves and other people to how we interact in social and civic life. It also impacts the way we set our goals in opportunity areas such as education, work, and recreation. Gender socialization starts at birth then manifests through family, education, peer groups, and mass media. Gender norms are automatically placed on us, where women should learn how to be nurturing, sensitive, emotional, passive, and always hold a man’s position higher than hers. On the other hand men should be overly confident, aggressive, dominant, and view women beneath them. This paper uses various readings to show how these gender norms are supported and challenged in today’s society.

Chapter 4, “Better Dead than Pregnant:” The Colonization of Native Womens’ Reproductive Health, discusses women's bodies being utilized as an experimental ground for reproduction and medical testing. Smith argues that racism plays a key role in the common anxieties about a rise in the global population. Even though population control organizations may claim to want to reduce the size of every ethnic and racial group, in the end, they often work to reduce populations of color. This reality leads to Smith’s argument of reproductive rights, which she views as a thinly veiled effort to destroy and control Native American communities. An illustration of this direct violation of women's reproductive rights was when the "Indian Health

(a) Master Data-Master data is the basic data that is needed and important to operations in a specific business or business unit. The kinds of information treated as master data varies from one industry to another and even from one company to another within the same industry.

The story I have chosen is, “The Cask of Amontillado,” written by Edgar Allan Poe. The author’s intended message would be that mistreating someone over and over again can lead them to unspeakable acts. In other words, the story leads someone to learn that following the “Golden Rule”, which is the idea that you should treat other’s the way you would want to be treated, is extremely important. Following this ideology means that one should treat others kindly and with respect. This story teaches a lesson but also entertains its readers. The discussion of death and the description of the settings throughout the story falls right into place with the time period Poe lived in. This story was written during the Gothic period, meaning that it deals with depressing and dark subject matters. Murder, the crime “The Cask of Amontillado” focuses one, is a depressing and dark subject matter. The theme of revenge is felt throughout the story. For example, the opening line states the main character’s plan to murder the man who has mistreated him. He says, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (Poe 1126). I chose this piece because I thought it was intriguing and suspenseful. I found the story to be alluring and chilling in a way that drew me in and confirmed something that I strongly believe in which is to treat everyone with respect and kindness. Bullying is something that occurs every single day and is still a

Being a mother is one of the best gifts from a life. A mother gives her children unconditional love without expecting anything in return. Being a mother means more than having given birth to a child. It is an invisible connection between mother and child; it is a blessing, a relationship that never ends and the love that never dies. However, for some women, motherhood might be challenging in ways they did not expect, forcing them to choose between having an abortion and keeping the child. The debate over abortion is an ardent and polarizing issue as there are those who believe that all humans including those unborn should have a right to life, and on the other side of the spectrum are those who believe it should a woman's right to choose whether she wants an abortion or not. This topic relates to Gwendolyn Brooks's poem, "The Mother", where the author describes the painful thoughts, heartbreak, and awful feelings that a woman experiences after having an abortion. Brooks lays out a helpful framework for understanding the difficult situation of facing unplanned pregnancy. In "The Mother", a woman recollects her inner conflicts as she laments over the guilt of having had an abortion and the future she never gave her would be child. Brooks's poem provides insight into the research which reveals how abortion affects women morally, psychologically, and religiously.