Henry Carter Hull

Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," making the medical procedure so remote and radioactive that it takes it out...

Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.

He is America's most prolific serial killer. And yet Kermit Gosnell was no obvious criminal. Through desperate attempts to cover up the truth, the mainstream media revealed exactly how important Kermit Gosnell's story is. National best seller Gosnell: The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer is a book that rocked America - and now it is a major motion picture! Masquerading as a doctor and an advocate for women's reproductive health,...

Provides information designed to help women make informed decisions about whether or not to continue unintended pregnancies, introducing medical, historical, and legal facts, describing the abortion experience, suggesting ways to find support, and including a step-by-step guide to making an appointment for an abortion.

Author's narrative of the year she spent in and around New England's largest abortion clinic.

Provides an overview of the images, tone, and character of the debate over abortion, discussing the sociological, medical, historical, and legal aspects of the procedure; and traces the evolution of the Supreme Court's response to the abortion question.

Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...

Presents a balanced political and social narrative of the most significant years in the abortion conflict, told from the perspective of the people who fought the battle on both sides. Focusing on the conflict in Missouri, Gorney draws material from over 500 interviews and previously unseen archival material.

"The narrative unfolds like a high-stakes crime novel."-Kirkus Reviews In 1898, a group of schoolboys in Bridgeport, Connecticut discovered gruesome packages under a bridge holding the dismembered remains of a young woman. Finding that the dead woman had just undergone an abortion, prosecutors raced to establish her identity and fix blame for her death. Suspicion fell on Nancy Guilford, half of a married pair of "doctors" well known to police...