Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2020 Open Access

Helping Everyday Rhetors Challenge Reproductive Injustice(s) in Public

Jenna Vinson

Abstract

A school security guard stops a visibly pregnant young woman leaving school grounds to ask, “Do you even know who the father is?” A fellow shopper steps in front of a young mother’s grocery cart to point out, “Well, your life is over before it has even really begun isn’t it?” An Uber driver turns around to inform his passenger, “You look too young to be having a baby! What are you going to do?”

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2020-09-01
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10.59236/rjv20i2pp151-175
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