Carina Heckert is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of Fault Lines of Care: Gender, HIV, and Global Health in Bolivia.

"Offers a compelling, timely look at how policies impact pregnancy and birth in the US/Mexico border region. Theoretically grounded, it explores linkages between stress and immigration enforcement using compassionate personal narratives, offering powerful evidence of how the health of border communities is critical to the wellbeing of the entire nation." - Heide Castañeda, author of Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families "Carina Heckert has written a major book which illustrates how the configuration of dehumanizing policies puts the lives of pregnant women in great peril in El Paso. Lamentably, we hear women describe how the conditions they face place restrictions on the mothers they desire to be. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who need to know the pernicious consequences of mean-spirited policies against women, immigrants, and people of color." - Rogelio Sáenz, University of Texas at San Antonio

Carina Heckert is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of Fault Lines of Care: Gender, HIV, and Global Health in Bolivia.

"Offers a compelling, timely look at how policies impact pregnancy and birth in the US/Mexico border region. Theoretically grounded, it explores linkages between stress and immigration enforcement using compassionate personal narratives, offering powerful evidence of how the health of border communities is critical to the wellbeing of the entire nation." - Heide Castañeda, author of Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families "Carina Heckert has written a major book which illustrates how the configuration of dehumanizing policies puts the lives of pregnant women in great peril in El Paso. Lamentably, we hear women describe how the conditions they face place restrictions on the mothers they desire to be. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who need to know the pernicious consequences of mean-spirited policies against women, immigrants, and people of color." - Rogelio Sáenz, University of Texas at San Antonio