RT Book
T1 Obstacle course: the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America
A1 Cohen, David S. 1972-
A1 Joffe, Carole
A2 Joffe, Carole
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1671336704
AB Introduction: the turbulent state of abortion in America -- Making the decision: coping with roadblocks, deception, and lies -- Finding and getting to a clinic: hard to find, harder to reach -- Coming up with the money -- Getting in: medical clinics as war zones -- Counseling at the clinic: government-mandated deceit -- Waiting periods: logistical nightmares, potentially serious delays -- The procedure: politics overrides medical expertise -- An alternate vision: abortion as normal healthcare.
AB "This book tells the real story of abortion in America, one that captures a disturbing reality of sometimes insurmountable barriers put in front of women trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of doctors, nurses, social workers, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get abortions. There is a better way-treating abortion like any other form of health care-but the United States is a long way from that ideal"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HQ767.U6
SN 9780520306646
SN 9780520385665
K1 Abortion : United States
K1 Abortion services : United States
K1 USA : Schwangerschaftsabbruch