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challenging
informative
slow-paced
The author did her research, it’s very informative. I found it very difficult to finish, I took multiple breaks to read other books while reading this one.
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
emotional
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This book is hands down one of the most powerful I’ve ever read, equal parts heartbreaking, anger-inducing, chilling, and also validating. It weaves together the history and politics of the anti-abortion movement with the personal stories of those who have been impacted by overturning Roe v Wade, and even as someone who considers herself deeply steeped and invested in the reproductive health fight, I learned a tremendous amount and found this to be eye-opening in so many ways.
There is a review on Goodreads that this book is redundant or “one note”. It is not redundant in the slightest, though let us all agree that there is only one note to outlawing or severely restricting abortion access: people will die. People are already dying, and it is disturbing and a deep betrayal to have politicians pretend that the United States is the greatest in the world while also making its women second-class citizens in policy and practice.
Let us be clear that we live in a post-Roe America now, where infant and maternal mortality is on the rise in states with abortion bans, because of every person who has empowered and continues to empower Trump and his criminal friends. These extremist politicians have been saying the silent part out loud, and it is time to take them at their word that they do not care about whether you live or die, and they will certainly not make sure you have a social safety net once you do have a child to support. Donald Trump and every single extremist running for public office is fucking despicable, and you can quote me on that.
There is a review on Goodreads that this book is redundant or “one note”. It is not redundant in the slightest, though let us all agree that there is only one note to outlawing or severely restricting abortion access: people will die. People are already dying, and it is disturbing and a deep betrayal to have politicians pretend that the United States is the greatest in the world while also making its women second-class citizens in policy and practice.
Let us be clear that we live in a post-Roe America now, where infant and maternal mortality is on the rise in states with abortion bans, because of every person who has empowered and continues to empower Trump and his criminal friends. These extremist politicians have been saying the silent part out loud, and it is time to take them at their word that they do not care about whether you live or die, and they will certainly not make sure you have a social safety net once you do have a child to support. Donald Trump and every single extremist running for public office is fucking despicable, and you can quote me on that.
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
This book was heavy to read.
The author wrote that people stopped donating for abortion clinics b/c they thought it was pointless at this point. I can personally say (for me) that it was due to finances.
Other than that this book looked at every angle.
The author wrote that people stopped donating for abortion clinics b/c they thought it was pointless at this point. I can personally say (for me) that it was due to finances.
Other than that this book looked at every angle.
We are now back to living in a Post-Roe world. Many states now have laws that either outlaw or limit access to an abortion. Did anyone foresee or care about how this affected all women? This book covers the increased difficulty many women experience in receiving the care they need.
Compelling and urgent, this book deftly unpacks the confusion and cruelty of the post-Dobbs patchwork of state laws and abortion bans, the monumental strain that care providers now operate under, and the devastating difficulties that many patients now face in accessing abortion - or even learning what their options are. Extremely well-written and accessible even to readers not familiar with the history of abortion access in the US or the legal landscape post-Dobbs.
challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced