Dispatches from the Abortion Wars : The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us

Dispatches from the Abortion Wars : The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us

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Author/Contributor(s): Joffe, Carole
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date: 01/04/2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
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.