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Susan Martha Kahn Defends Reproducing Jews
Letter by Susan Martha Kahn   

Dear Editors,

I take extremely strong exception to Veronica Ouma's distorted and inaccurate review of my book Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel. Rather than provide a careful and honest critique of my work, Ms. Ouma uses it as a springboard for her own polemics - she has failed to understand the central arguments of the book and she has misrepresented many of the clearly stated facts.

Response to Susan Martha Kahn
Veronica Ouma   

Susan M. Kahn argues that I did not provide a careful and honest critique of her book, Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel. In the review I argue that Israel’s reproductive freedom policies for women are marked by racism towards Palestinians, not only because of unequal access, but because of its role in a type of “positive eugenics” movement which aspires to combat Palestinian birthrates.

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