

The Poverty of Privacy Rights
Book • 2017
In *The Poverty of Privacy Rights*, Khiara M. Bridges argues that poor mothers in the U.S.
are systematically denied privacy rights, facing invasive state interventions in their family, reproductive, and informational privacy.
The book critiques the legal and moral narratives that justify these privacy violations, emphasizing the need for cultural change to ensure equal privacy rights for all mothers.
Bridges explores how societal perceptions of poverty as a moral failing contribute to the erosion of privacy for poor mothers.
are systematically denied privacy rights, facing invasive state interventions in their family, reproductive, and informational privacy.
The book critiques the legal and moral narratives that justify these privacy violations, emphasizing the need for cultural change to ensure equal privacy rights for all mothers.
Bridges explores how societal perceptions of poverty as a moral failing contribute to the erosion of privacy for poor mothers.