'My Body, My Choice?'

Rethinking Bodily Agency and Communal Responsibility after Roe

Authors

  • Faith Van Horne

Abstract

As a slogan arising within a capitalist framework, “My body, my choice” belies assumptions that bodies are property. Relationships thus understood as property negotiations hinder transformational action. Roe’s overturning presents a timely moment to reconsider Black feminists’ expansion of the concepts of reproductive justice, moving discourse and collective action toward more communally-oriented understandings and goals.


En tant que slogan issu d’un cadre capitaliste, « Mon corps, mon choix » masque des présupposés selon lesquels les corps seraient des propriétés. Des relations ainsi comprises comme des négociations de propriété entravent toute action transformatrice. L’annulation de Roe v. Wade constitue un moment opportun pour reconsidérer l’élargissement des concepts de justice reproductive par les féministes noires, en orientant les discours et l’action collective vers des compréhensions et des objectifs davantage axés sur la communauté.

Author Biography

Faith Van Horne

Faith Van Horne holds a PhD in Theology and Religion from University of Birmingham, UK, researching trauma and Christian doctrine. She co-directed Red Letter Christians UK, an organization connecting faith-based activists.

Published

2026-06-18

How to Cite

Van Horne, F. (2026). ’My Body, My Choice?’: Rethinking Bodily Agency and Communal Responsibility after Roe. Canadian Woman Studies Les Cahiers De La Femme, 38(1,2), 25–30. Retrieved from https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/37922

Issue

Section

Feminist Movements: Theorizing the Personal and Political