Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1 Turning the Gaze on Modern Contraceptive Research: An Introduction 1
2 "Birth Control for a Nation": The IUD as Technoscientific Biopower 33
3 From the "Masses" to the "Moms": Governing Contraceptive Risks 73
4 "IUDs Are Not Abortifacients": The Biopolitics of Contraceptive Mechanisms 105
5 "Keep Life Simple": Body/Technology Relationships in Racialized Global Contexts 137
6 Diffracting the Technoscientific Body: A Conclusion 163
Notes 171
References 201
Index 221