Dispatches from the Abortion Wars
Author | : Carole Joffe |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780807035030 |
ISBN-13 | : 0807035033 |
Rating | : 4/5 (033 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dispatches from the Abortion Wars written by Carole Joffe and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access More than thirty-five years after women won the right to legal abortion, most people do not realize how inaccessible it has become. In these pages, reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe shows how a pervasive stigma—cultivated by the religious right—operates to maintain barriers to access by shaming women and marginalizing abortion providers. Through compelling testimony from doctors, health-care workers, and patients, Joffe reports the lived experiences behind the polemics, while also offering hope for a more compassionate standard of women’s health care.