TY - BOOK ID - 77926065 TI - Autonomous Motherhood? : A Socio-Legal Study of Choice and Constraint AU - Boyd, Susan B., AU - Chunn, Dorothy E., AU - Kelly, Fiona, PY - 2018 SN - 1442619090 9781442619098 9781442648951 1442648953 9781442626454 1442626453 1442619104 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Single mothers KW - Mothers KW - Single parents KW - Single women KW - Social conditions. KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Canada. KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kaineḍā KW - Kanada KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanakā KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canadá KW - Yn Chanadey UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77926065 AB - Since the end of the Second World War, increasing numbers of women have decided to become mothers without intending the biological father or a partner to participate in parenting. Many conceive via donor insemination or adopt; others become pregnant after a brief sexual relationship and decide to parent alone.Using a feminist socio-legal framework, Autonomous Motherhood? probes fundamental assumptions within the law about the nature of family and parenting. Drawing on a range of empirical evidence, including legislative history, case studies, and interviews with single mothers, the authors conclude that while women may now have the economic and social freedom to parent alone, they must still negotiate a socio-legal framework that suggests their choice goes against the interests of society, fatherhood, and children. ER -