Matters of Choice: Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom

Iris Lopez gracefully captures the scope of the reproductive struggle Puerto Rican women have faced and still face. Through nuanced ethnography , Lopez delineates the many movements that have demonized Puerto Rican women such as the Sterilization campaign of Puerto Rico. Also, Lopez divulges many studies that tear the health equality facade by showing systematic mistreatment towards minorities on part of the health system. Fact of the matter is, discrimination is very much at large, and is still facilitated by many agents such as the Health system, America's expansionist regime, and so forth. The book is well written and authoritative. It synthesis the most minuscule of facts, managing to properly account for the collective struggle of Puerto Rican women, thereby, lending further authenticity to the findings in the book. I highly recommend this read especially to those interested in learning how minorities are victimized and misrepresented every day. Oh and learn that true reproductive freedom means the ability "to choose from a series of safe, effective,convenient, and affordable methods of birth control".

Had to read this for a class, and I actually enjoyed it. It was very informative and well written. Easy to read as well.

This was a great book for my "Women in Latin America" class. Really well written. I would love to sell it back though. I have no use for it now.