We Won’t Go Back: Five FP Books about Reproductive Freedom
FP ED Jamia Wilson (yes, that's her 👉🏽 at a 2002 Planned Parenthood protest) has five books for you to read on the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Each has a unique perspective on RJ, from a guidebook from a group of full-spectrum doulas to the memoir of the lawyer who argued #RoeVWade herself.
Read on.
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Radical Reproductive Justice
$29.95
Edited by Loretta J. Ross, Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater Toure
Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique
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“The book is as revolutionary and revelatory as it is vast.”
“Eye-opening… Throughout, the authors’ stories are vivid, absorbing, and informative. A gripping chronicle that will be especially useful for expectant or aspirational mothers.”
The Doulas
$19.95
Mary Mahoney and Lauren Mitchell
Full spectrum doulas provide support for those confronting life, death, and the sticky in-between.
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A Question of Choice
$17.95
Sarah Weddington
A powerful memoir about how a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer won Roe v. Wade.
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“A milestone. . . . Here she recounts with clarity and fervor the remarkable story of how she, her husband and a few other lawyers, supported by a handful of doctors and pro-choice advocates, researched and prepared briefs invoking the ‘right of privacy’ defense as a main argument to challenge the Texas anti-abortion law.”
“Intimate Wars is a fascinating personal narrative told from the epicenter of abortion politics and service delivery. Hoffman illustrates her unwavering commitment to the heart of the issue: the power of every woman to make her own childbearing decisions.”
Intimate Wars
$22.95
Merle Hoffman
The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room
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Complaints & Disorders (Second Edition)
$9.95
Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
The Sexual Politics of Sickness
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“The point here is that medicine is not an objective, unbiased science; rather, it reflects and supports the prevailing social attitudes. In their quest for better healthcare, women need to address not only access to care, but also the prejudices which affect that care.”