Stillbirth and the Law

"A comprehensive, compassionate, and insightful look at a virtually hidden area of medicine and law. Lens covers important topics in a very accessible style. There is nothing like this out there."--David S. Cohen, coauthor of Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America

"A pioneering and elegant meditation on the meaning of pregnancy and the significance of birth and death, in law and in life."--Dov Fox, author of Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology Are Remaking Reproduction and the Law

"A spellbinding, critically important book on stillbirth that compellingly builds on the author's personal experience to diagnose what is wrong with how the United States handles stillbirth--and what we can do differently. Through her exploration of stillbirth and the law, Jill Wieber Lens expands our understanding of reproductive justice."--Naomi Cahn, coauthor of Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy

"A masterpiece of academic writing. Lens perfectly mixes the scholarly with the emotional, exploring this subject as both a leading national expert and a mother to Caleb, her stillborn son. She does so with incredible nuance, situating pregnancy loss in a greater fight for reproductive justice."--Greer Donley, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

About the author

Jill Wieber Lens is Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence at the University of Iowa College of Law. She gave birth to her stillborn son, Caleb Marcus Lens, in 2017. 

Product details

• Authors: Jill Wieber Lens
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9780520393578
• ISBN: 978-0-520-39357-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LAW / Health, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, United States of America, USA, Public health & preventive medicine, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Public health and preventive medicine, Law and society, gender issues, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law