pro-life movement

Seventeen-year-old Franny loves her horse, her girlfriend Leah, and her parents who are abortion providers. When her parents begin receiving anonymous threats, Franny believes it might be Leah's brother, an outspoken critic of abortion. If Franny confronts Leah's brother, she might lose Leah, but if she says nothing, she may lose her parents.

Presents an argument against abortion.

"... historian Daniel K. Williams complicates the history of abortion debates in the United States by offering a detailed... narrative of the pro-life movement's mid-twentieth-century origins. He explains that the movement began long before Roe v. Wade, and traces its fifty-year history to explain how and why abortion politics have continued to polarize the nation up to the present day"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history of men's role in getting abortion legalized in the United States, as well as how in many cases men pressure women to get abortions, forcing them to make a "choice." Presents the argument that men, now, must also lead the charge in making it illegal again.

A collection of thoughtful and sometimes painfully honest essays. The movers and shakers of the pro-life movement evaluate the past and look to the future.

When Abby Johnson, director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, walked across the road in October 2009 to join the Coalition for Life, she made national headlines. In "Unplanned," she tells her story from both sides of the abortion clinic property line.

Overcoming hurdles of poverty and race, James traces her life from public housing projects to power in Washington, D.C.

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.