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motifenjoyer's review
4.0
"For the first time I realized that my mother’s presence could not keep me safe from harm. For the first time it struck me that while Osman was probably sitting in his room watching a movie, I was about to undergo something potentially fatal."
rachbake's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion
sarapocher98's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
A well-crafted anthology bringing together a variety of perspectives and experiences on abortion, offering a much-needed platform for reflection and discussion on a topic that continues to be incredibly stigmatised, misunderstood and abused in public discourses. It's impossible to summarise or generalise the views presented in the book (which is precisely one of the points the editors make: every abortion is unique to the individual experiencing it, but being able to have open discussions on the topic would remove so much of the stigma and shame surrounding what has been and continues to be a fact of life). A possible uniting theme could be the right to bodily autonomy: everyone should be able to freely decide whether to terminate or continue a pregnancy, for reasons that are theirs alone and not for anyone else to debate. At a time when abortion is still politicised as a tool to control the bodies of women and everyone who can become pregnant, works like Choice Words continue to be urgent and relevant readings.
sahibooknerd's review
4.0
Very timely collection of essays, poems, plays and more which gives voice to the myriad of perspectives surrounding reproductive choice and abortion - the various reasons for it, regrets ot sighs of relief, a choice thought through or coerced by people and circumstances, something forgotten by the passage of time or a feeling that haunts you forever - every kind of emotion is captured in these pages, across countries and cultures and decades and I was completely moved by these stories and experiences. It only reinforces my conviction to always advocate for reproductive freedom, especially when we find it more in danger every single day .