Jen Rinaldi

REPRODUCTIVE BODIES

OUTLINE• Ye Grande Olde Abortion Debate

• History of Imagining the Womb

• Peering within via Technological Intercourse

• Implications

• When the Fetus isn’t Friendly

YE GRAND OLDE ABORTION DEBATE

THE ABORTION DEBATE:COMFORT: ABORTION IS LIKE THE HOLOCAUST!

WARREN: ABORTION IS LIKE A HAIRCUT!

THOMPSON: ABORTION IS LIKE BEING SURGICALLY ATTACHED TO A VIOLINIST?

OR MAYBE A HOUSE.

HISTORY OF IMAGINING THE WOMB

A VAGINA!

ARISTOTLE, C. 300 BCE

GALEN, C. 200

HARTSOEKER, C. 1600

MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE!• www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk

VIARDEL, C. 1670

PEU, C. 1690

SHARP, C. 1700

PEERING WITHIN VIA TECHNOLOGICAL INTERCOURSE

ULTRASOUND

NILSSON, 1965

NILSSON, 1965

KUBRICK, 1968• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-s_FOD6dug

IMPLICATIONS

NO DRINKING, NO SMOKING…

DIET

EXERCISE

WHEN THE FETUS ISN’T FRIENDLY