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Obstacle course the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520973725
  • 0520973720
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Obstacle course.DDC classification:
  • 362.1988/800973 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.U6 C65 2020eb
NLM classification:
  • HQ 767.U6
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Print version record

In English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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