Obstacle course the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe

By:

Cohen, David S, 1972- [Author]

Contributor(s):

Joffe, Carole E []

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oakland, California University of California Press 2020.Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520973725

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HQ767 .O278 2020

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Contents:

Making the decision : coping with roadblocks, deception, and lies -- Finding and getting to a clinic : hard to find, harder to reach -- Coming up with the money : the biggest barrier -- Getting in : chaos at the clinic door -- Counseling at the clinic : government-mandated deceit -- Waiting periods : logistical nightmares, potentially serious delays -- The procedure : politics overrides medical expertise -- An alternate vision : abortion as normal healthcare.

Subject: "This book tells the real story of abortion in America, one that captures a disturbing reality of sometimes insurmountable barriers put in front of women trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of doctors, nurses, social workers, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get abortions. There is a better way--treating abortion like any other form of health care--but the United States is a long way from that ideal"--

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Introduction : the turbulent state of abortion in America -- Making the decision : coping with roadblocks, deception, and lies -- Finding and getting to a clinic : hard to find, harder to reach -- Coming up with the money : the biggest barrier -- Getting in : chaos at the clinic door -- Counseling at the clinic : government-mandated deceit -- Waiting periods : logistical nightmares, potentially serious delays -- The procedure : politics overrides medical expertise -- An alternate vision : abortion as normal healthcare.

"This book tells the real story of abortion in America, one that captures a disturbing reality of sometimes insurmountable barriers put in front of women trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of doctors, nurses, social workers, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get abortions. There is a better way--treating abortion like any other form of health care--but the United States is a long way from that ideal"--

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