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The Curious Case of Cramblett v. Midwest Sperm Bank:: Centering a Political Ontology of Race and Disability for Liberatory Thought
- The Journal of Speculative Philosophy
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 34, Number 3, 2020
- pp. 424-440
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abstract:
This article explores a recent legal case wherein the category of "wrongful birth"—a negligence claim against a physician who failed to adequately inform a pregnant individual of the likelihood of their child having a congenital disorder, birth defect, or other disability—was used to describe the birth of a black/mixed-race child. In this case, a white woman was inseminated and impregnated with the sperm of a black man instead of the white man's sperm she had purchased. In examining this case, I argue for the liberatory import of placing race and disability in a comparative frame that relies on a method of juxtaposition and centers a political ontology of race and disability.