TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cohen,David S.
AU  - Joffe,Carole E.
TI  - Obstacle course: the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America
SN  - 9780520973725
AV  - HQ767.U6 C65 2020eb
U1  - 362.1988/800973 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Abortion
KW  - United States
KW  - Abortion services
KW  - Health services accessibility
KW  - Abortion, Legal
KW  - Sociological Factors
KW  - Health Services Accessibility
KW  - Abortion, Induced
KW  - Abortion, Criminal
KW  - Cliniques d'avortement
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Avortement
KW  - Services de santé
KW  - Accessibilité
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 : the biggest barrier -- Getting in : chaos at the clinic door -- 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
N2  - "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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