Protecting Abortion Access

The Experiences of Clinic Volunteers From Roe to Dobbs

Shara Crookston (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3524-0 (ISBN)

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In a post Roe society where abortion is becoming increasingly difficult to access, abortion clinic escorts ensure patient safety and comfort. This qualitative study highlights the challenges and motivations escorts experienced at clinics across the country both pre and post Dobbs. Drawing on interviews with clinic escorts, the author examines how increasing abortion restrictions, lack of police support, massive clinic closures, and upticks in anti-abortion protesting from Christian organizations impact the clinic escorts’ work and their perceived ability to keep the sidewalks of their clinics peaceful for patients seeking abortion care.

Shara Crookston is associate professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Toledo.

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Abortion Laws, Restrictions, and Study Participants

Chapter 2. Clinic Locations and Physical Plant Challenges

Chapter 3. Engagement vs. Non-Engagement with Antis

Chapter 4. Escorting Presents Personal Challenges

Chapter 5. Race and Clinic Escorting

Chapter 6. Police Presence at Abortion Clinics

Chapter 7. Roe v. Wade

Chapter 8. White Catholics v. White Evangelicals

Chapter 9. For Antis, Abortion is Never an Option

Chapter 10. ‘I Don’t Fear For My Safety…But I Probably Should’

Chapter 11. Clinic Volunteerism Challenges and Motivations

Chapter 12. June 25th 2022 and Beyond

Bibliography

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Erscheinungsdatum	25.11.2023
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 238 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-6669-3524-7 / 1666935247
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-3524-0 / 9781666935240
Zustand	Neuware