Electing to Survive

Research Article| October 01 2023 Electing to Survive: Choosing to be Childfree after Dobbs v. Jackson Cassidy D. Ellis Cassidy D. Ellis Cassidy D. Ellis is an assistant professor in the School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati. email: ellis2cd@ucmail.uc Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar email: ellis2cd@ucmail.uc Journal of Autoethnography (2023) 4 (4): 568–576. https://doi.org/10.1525/joae.2023.4.4.568 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Cassidy D. Ellis; Electing to Survive: Choosing to be Childfree after Dobbs v. Jackson. Journal of Autoethnography 1 October 2023; 4 (4): 568–576. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/joae.2023.4.4.568 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Autoethnography Search This is an autoethnography I’m still figuring out how to write. Partly because I’m still processing the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court Decision, partly because the work to which I’ve dedicated my whole life was upended by that decision, and partly because my own reproductive futures were affected by that decision. These are thoughts, feelings, and experiences I am still figuring out how to name and negotiate and explain. Partly because I rarely talk about them, partly because they don’t fit into the heteronormative timeline of a cisgender White woman’s life, and partly because I have a tendency to not name, negotiate, or explain things that are hard or that cause me pain. Please don’t read on believing that the fall of Roe was the moment at which “elective” decisions became not so elective or “choices” became exclusive to only those who could access them. We know... You do not currently have access to this content.