Giving birth but refusing motherhood: Inauthentic choice or self-determining identity?

International Journal of Law in Context

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-185

  Marshall, Jill ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010664761     PISSN: 17445523     EISSN: 17445531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174455230800205X     Document Type: Article

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