Biopolitical Babies

By jenny.sung315 | Updated: July 6, 2019, 6:27 a.m.

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"governing the womb"
BIOPOLTICAL 
BABIES
lets talk about
biopolitcs of birth!!
This is Jane.
she feels like she is denied the rights to her own body...
we tell you what to do !!
Jane wants an abortion but she is well aware of the stats...
abortion?
87%
of all U.S. counties have no identifiable abortion provider
$$$
availability of abortion funding for low-income women is controlled by elected government officials
2 separate 
trips are needed to the clinic to obtain the procedure
since when did my womb become so political?
biopolitics?
google:
biopolitics
Biopower...
Michel Foucault...
Population...
Search
a concept often associated with  french philosopher -
Michel Foucault
BIO

POLITICS

101

refers to the intersection and mutual incorporation of life and politics
human life processes are managed under regimes of "authority over knowledge, power, and the processes of subjectivation"
"Biopower names the way in which biopolitics is put to work in society"
so basically...
over life
power 
biopower
This 
POWER!
THE STATE
IS 
BIOPOWER
biopower
?
!!!
i get it.. the force exertion of bioplitocs over my body is 
I had no idea how much 
power the government 
had over my biology...
have we been manipulated?!
does the government want to control this?
Population
According to Foucault:
YES!
POWER!
THE STATE
MANAGEMENT OF POPULATION

because women are the bearers of reproductive life
they are at the risk of the "sovereign suspension" of reproductive rights
but not all women are affected the same 
class
age
race
these variables make certain women legible or illegible as worthwhile reporductive subjects
leaving some women vulnerable and at the face of discrimmination
(manipulate population)
!
lets fill this with babies we want
Let woman the power over their biology

Biopolitical Babies

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