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.
Provides the reasons behind the author's decision to become one of the leading proponents of abortion. Also provides a look at what happens in an abortion clinic, discusses why women seek this procedure, and why a physician specializes in this service.
a journey from death to life by the abortion doctor who changed his mind
Nathanson, Bernard N.
1996
Memoir by Dr. Bernard Nathanson detailing his conversion from director of an abortion clinic and leader in the abortion rights movement to a supporter of the pro-life cause and believer in Christianity.
