I. U.S. reproductive history
A. Traditional methods of fertility control
B. 19c century birthrate decline [SEE DATA]
        > contraception and abortion
C. reactions
          "race suicide" fear
           suppression [Comstock act, 1873; criminalization of
                    abortion]
           eugenics and sterilization

II. Emergence of "Reproductive Rights" movements
A. "birth control" [Margaret Sanger]
          from radical to middle class movement
          usage [diaphragm 1930s; oral contraceptive 1960s]
B. abortion
         Criminalization
         usage [dr. referral; selfhelp, sexual mores]
         reform : Roe v. Wade, 1973
         Rates and mortality [see data]
III. Abortion politics
  A. second wave feminism:
         lib, rad, race, global issues

B.  conservative political opposition
     Hyde Amendment, 1977
         abortion as symbol and prolife movement
     why women oppose abortion
         Luker, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
  C. feminist responses
      "pro-choice"
      defense movement: legal and clinic

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IV. Global perspectives on reproduction
A. Fertility rates
B. Case of China [see data]
C. world population politics

V. New reproductive technologies
"AI" or donor insemination
surrogacy/donor debates
pronatalism vs. "childfree"?