Obstacle course: the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America
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: governme...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
[2020]
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| In: | Jahr: 2020 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. "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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physische Details: | 281 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780520306646 9780520385665 |
