Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of abortion, including its morality and legality. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.
The author recalls her traumatic experience with abortion as a young literature student in the early 1960s--an event that left her hemorrhaging in a Paris dormitory.
POWERFUL EXPLORATION OF ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE ISSUES IN OUR RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY, AND THE ONLY BOOK TO PORTRAY THE PASSION OF BOTH SIDES OF THE ABORTION CONFLICT. DRAWING FROM MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED INTERVIEWS AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. UNCOVERS THE UNTIDY REALITIES AND SELF-CONTRADICTORY BELIEFS AND FEARS LYING BENEATH THE RHETORIC OF ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND WRONG.
Examines the history, legal status, ethics, politics, and medical aspects of abortion and uses personal accounts of women who have had abortions to illuminate both sides of the issue.
Presents opposing viewpoints on euthanasia, abortion, suicide, and funeral homes through essays by a variety of authors. Includes discussion activities.
the struggle to provide abortion before and after Roe v. Wade
Joffe, Carole E
1995
Based on interviews with forty-five doctors who have provided or facilitated abortions, describes the desperation of women seeking abortions before Roe v. Wade and examines the political climate within the medical community since the procedure's legalization.
Presents the stories of illegal abortions, accounts of self-induced miscarriages, and the testimony of women who were forced to give birth on society's terms, not their own.
