Valuing Women’s Reproductive Labour & Care for Children Next Friday, the people of Ireland will vote on a proposed constitutional amendment, which would remove a clause recognizing and protecting the vital caregiving role played by mothers. Proponents of the amendment argue that deleting the “woman-in-the-home” clause is the progressive thing to do. But, Lauren Bari and Karleen Gribble ask, is devaluing women's reproductive and care work actually feminist?