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100			_aCritchley, Ariane _912504
245			_aPre-birth child protection and the reproductive rights of fathers _cAriane Critchley
260			_c2023 _bAotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers,
500			_aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2023, 35(4), 31-44
520			_aINTRODUCTION: Whilst acknowledging that child-welfare-involved pregnant women occupy a uniquely precarious position in terms of their human dignity and rights, this paper focuses on the vulnerabilities of fathers of children subject to child protection assessment before birth. APPROACH: This article draws on data from two qualitative research studies focused on social work practice in Scotland. The first study created ethnographic data with and about eight fathers who were experiencing pre-birth child protection involvement with their babies. The second study did not include fathers themselves, yet research data were created through interviews with 10 birth mothers, which reinforced findings of the prior research in relation to men being written out of planning and legal processes before their children were born. FINDINGS: Taking a reproductive justice lens to the findings of the studies reveals how this population of fathers are exposed to legal and social precarity in relation to their paternal role. Through the advice of social workers, women were encouraged not to name the fathers of their as yet unborn infants on their child’s birth certificate, creating an immediate barrier to fathers’ involvement. IMPLICATIONS: The article demonstrates that a reproductive justice framework (L. Ross & Solinger, 2017) can be applied to understand how men’s rights to parent their children may be compromised by child protection involvement in the family. Acknowledging the power held by social workers is a crucial step in beginning to address the social inequalities around “reproductive destiny” (L. Ross, 2006, p. 4) experienced by fathers. (Author's abstract). Follow the table of contents link for other articles in this Reproductive justice special issue. Record #8485
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aFAMILY LAW _9244
650			_aFATHERS _9254
650			_aMOTHERS _9392
650			_aPREGNANCY _9455
650			_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aUNITED KINGDOM _92604
651			_aSCOTLAND _92635
773	0		_tAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2023, 35(4), 31-44
830			_aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work _96152
856			_uhttps://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/1044 _zOpen access, PDF
856			_uhttps://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/issue/view/73 _ySpecial issue: Reproductive justice table of contents
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews125