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Dr Emma Milne's Outputs (9)

Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Dabrowski, V., & Milne, E. (2023). Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 23(5), 675–693. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221117925

Despite academic, policy and charity commissioned research giving considerable attention to the health of imprisoned women, significantly less research has considered the reproductive health and rights of this group. This shortfall is noteworthy sinc... Read More about Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales.

Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy (2020)
Journal Article
Milne, E. (2020). Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy. Michigan journal of gender & law, 27(1), 149-211. https://doi.org/10.36641/mjgl.27.1.putting

The fetus-first mentality advocates that pregnant women and women who could become pregnant should put the needs and well-being of their fetuses before their own. As this Article will illustrate, this popular public perception has pervaded criminal l... Read More about Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy.

Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”? (2019)
Journal Article
Milne, E. (2019). Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”?. Feminist Legal Studies, 27(2), 139-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-019-09401-6

Feminists have long argued that women who offend are judged by who they are, not what they do, with idealised images of femininity and motherhood used as measures of culpability. The ability to meet the expectations of motherhood and femininity are p... Read More about Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”?.