Professor Jill Marshall has a new publication. This is a joint essay chapter by Suki Finn, Jill Marshall, Anna Pathe-Smith and Victoria Adkins ‘Pregnancy: Transformations in Philosophy and Legal Practice’ in G. Anthony Bruno and Justin Vlasits Transformation and the History of Philosophy (Routledge 2024).
Suki Finn — Royal Holloway Research Portal, Jill Marshall — Royal Holloway Research Portal, Anna Pathe-Smith — Royal Holloway Research Portal and Victoria Adkins — Royal Holloway Research Portal ‘Pregnancy: Transformations in Philosophy and Legal Practice’ in G. Anthony Bruno and Justin Vlasits Transformation and the History of Philosophy(Routledge 2024).
In the chapter, the authors explore the transformation of pregnancy in philosophy and legal practice in the UK through a number of areas: the gendered aspects of pregnancy and how this has transformed historically; the understanding of pregnancy itself as a transformative experience which the authors critique via feminist legal theory; the transformation of the pregnant body from the private to the public; the transformation of the pregnant person’s autonomy, agency and control via considerations of their capacity, their foetus and their mental health; and finally the transformation of (the concept of) pregnancy through the advancements and interventions of medicine and technology.
In bringing together these various strands, the authors aim to develop a multi-disciplinary understanding of the transformation that pregnancy is, that pregnancy makes, and that pregnancy has had historically, in philosophy and law in the United Kingdom.
