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• Madame Restell

  the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

  Wright, Jennifer, 1986-

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  Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroine: a glamorous women's healthcare provider in Manhattan, known to the world as Madame Restell. A celebrity in her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Comics for Choice

  Illustrated Abortion Stories, History, and Politics

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  Comics for Choice is an anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Abortion

  Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win

  Valenti, Jessica

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  From the attacks Americans know about to the ones anti-abortion lawmakers and groups are trying to hide, Valenti details the tactics and horrors that she's been painstakingly tracking in her acclaimed newsletter, Abortion, Every Day.

• You're the Only One I've Told

  the Stories Behind Abortion

  Shah, Meera, Dr.,

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  For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But over the last few years, Shah decided it was time to be direct. I'm an abortion provider, she will now say. And an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Liberating Abortion

  Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve

  Sherman, Renee Bracey,

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  "A galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all.

• Coercion

  Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans

  Cheung, Kylie, 1998-

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  Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the horrors inflicted by abortion bans began immediately and haven’t stopped. These laws have become a tool for abusers, as pregnant people face legal harassment, reproductive coercion, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Undue Burden

  Life-and-death Decisions in post-Roe America

  Luthra, Shefali

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  Through the perspectives of patients, providers, activists and lawmakers, the author, as the landscape of abortion rights continues to shift, forcing people to cross state lines to seek life-saving care, presents this timely examination of human…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birthing Liberation

  How Reproductive Justice Can Set Us Free

  Wade, Sabia

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  Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator, speaks to the intersections of systemic issues--such as access to health care, house transportation, and nutrition--and personal trauma work that, if healed, have the power to lead us to collective…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fall of Roe

  the Rise of a New America

  Dias, Elizabeth,

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  With expertise across politics and religion, two award-winning New York Times journalists show how the battle over Roe, no matter your view on abortion, symbolizes a miscarriage of the ideals America promised: democracy, morality and freedom, while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Choose to

  a Memoir of Providing Abortion Care Before, During, and After Roe

  Boyd, Curtis Wayne

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  In this deeply personal account, Dr. Curtis Boyd and Dr. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd reflect on their lives in abortion care, from the childhood experiences that shaped their paths to the Supreme Court decision that forced the closure of their Dallas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

  Littlefield, Amy

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  At once clever and poignant reportage, this abortion whodunit uncovers the deeper story of how we lost Roe --and how we will win back so much more.

• Bodies on the Line

  at the Frontlines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America

  Rankin, Lauren,

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  Clinic escorts--everyday volunteers--are prepared to stand up and protect abortion access, as they have for decades, even in the face of terrorism and violence. They have lived, and sometimes died, to make abortion not only accessible but also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Turnaway Study

  Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--or Being Denied--an Abortion

  Foster, Diana Greene, 1971-

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  A groundbreaking and illuminating look at the state of abortion access in America and the first long-term study of the consequences-emotional, physical, financial, professional, personal, and psychological-of receiving versus being denied an…Read moreRead more of this annotation