A review by ninaprime
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—Or Being Denied—An Abortion by Diana Greene Foster

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Clearly defined results of a data-driven, scientifically sound study about women's access to abortion on America, which finds that abortion is an essential component of family planning and outcomes are almost always better if a woman can get a needed abortion. Findings that particularly struck me were that women who are denied abortions often get mired in poverty or in abusive relationships due to keeping a baby, and that very few women overall go to adoption if they are denied an abortion. One of my favorite parts of this book was that in addition to facts, Greene Foster also intersperses women's stories in their own voices, which gives a personal accounting of abortion decisions and humanizes a polarized issue.