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Reproductive Justice
The materials on this list offer people of all ages opportunities to dig deeper into the topic of reproductive justice--the concept that control of one's body and reproduction is a human right.
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It's Perfectly Normal : changing bodies, growing up, sex and sexual health
2014 by Robie H HarrisGet this itemFor children and families: This illustrated nonfiction book gives clear, scientific, and matter-of-fact explanations of everything relating to bodies, puberty, sex, and health.
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What Makes a Baby : a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid
2012 by Cory SilverbergGet this itemFor children and families: This brightly-illustrated book gives clear and conversational answers to kids' questions about babies and all the ways they get here.
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The Baby Tree
2014 by Sophie BlackallGet this itemFor children and families: This picture book offers a lighthearted introduction to how adults may answer kids' question of where babies come from. The book includes tips for parents on talking to their children about reproduction.
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My body belongs to me from my head to my toes
2014Get this itemFor children and families: This picture book explores the concept of bodily autonomy--that our bodies have boundaries and we need to respect those boundaries.
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The Pregnancy Project : a memoir
2012 by Gaby RodriguezGet this itemFor young adults: In this memoir, Gaby Rodriguez recounts how she faked a pregnancy while in high school. This narrative digs into the stereotypes and stigmas felt by teenage girls regardless of whether they are pregnant.
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Speak
1999 by Laurie Halse AndersonGet this itemFor young adults: After her summer ends with a traumatic event, Melinda struggles with the repercussions in her freshman year in high school.
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We Believe You : survivors of campus sexual assault speak out
2016 by Annie E ClarkGet this itemFor young adults: When Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino filed a federal complaint against UNC Chapel Hill for mishandling the investigations of their sexual assaults, the two couldn't have anticipated that their action would spur similar investigations of other universities and colleges. This nonfiction book looks at sexual assaults on college campuses and what happens to assault survivors.
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All the Single Ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation
2016 by Rebecca TraisterGet this itemFor adults: Journalist Rebecca Traister explores women's choices and lifestyles throughout American history, as well as the effects on women and their families, as she sheds light on the trend of American women marrying later in life or not marrying at all.
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Killing the Black Body : race, reproduction, and the meaning of liberty
1997 by Dorothy E RobertsGet this itemFor adults: This nonfiction title explores the impact of recent legislation, social policy, and welfare reform on black women's--especially poor black women's--control over their bodies' autonomy and their freedom to bear and raise children with respect and dignity.
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Woman Rebel : the Margaret Sanger story
2013 by Peter BaggeGet this itemFor adults: This graphic novel portrays the life of Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist and advocate for female reproductive rights.
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Missoula : rape and the justice system in a college town
2015 by Jon KrakauerGet this itemFor adults: Krakauer documents the experiences of five rape victims in a college town and the aftermath with regard to the judicial system as it often plays out in sexual assault cases.
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