Obstacle Course (eBook)
296 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97372-5 (ISBN)
It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to necessary health care. And yet it is no surprise that in many places throughout the United States, getting an abortion can be a monumental challenge. Anti-choice politicians and activists have worked tirelessly to impose needless restrictions on this straightforward medical procedure that, at best, delay it and, at worst, create medical risks and deny women their constitutionally protected right to choose.
Obstacle Course tells the story of abortion in America, capturing a disturbing reality of insurmountable barriers people face when trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Authors David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe lay bare the often arduous and unnecessarily burdensome process of terminating a pregnancy: the sabotaged decision-making, clinics in remote locations, insurance bans, harassing protesters, forced ultrasounds and dishonest medical information, arbitrary waiting periods, and unjustified procedure limitations.
Based on patients’ stories as well as interviews with abortion providers and allies from every state in the country, Obstacle Course reveals the unstoppable determination required of women in the pursuit of reproductive autonomy as well as the incredible commitment of abortion providers. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of medical professionals, clinic administrators, counselors, 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.
1. Introduction: The Turbulent State of Abortion in America
2. Making the Decision: Coping with Roadblocks, Deception, and Lies
3. Finding and Getting to a Clinic: Hard to Find, Harder to Reach
4. Coming Up With the Money: The Biggest Barrier
5. Getting In: Chaos at the Clinic Door
6. Counseling at the Clinic: Government-Mandated Deceit
7. Waiting Periods: Logistical Nightmares, Potentially Serious Delays
8. The Procedure: Politics Overrides Medical Expertise
9. An Alternate Vision: Abortion as Normal Health Care
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.2.2020 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik |
Schlagworte | Abortion • abortion clinics • abortion counseling • abortion procedures • access to abortions • activism • Family planning • Feminism • Gender • Gender and Sexuality • harassment • Health Care • legal rights • Medical Services • modern health care • Motherhood • Nonfiction • Politics • politics and the law • Poverty • Pregnancy • Pro Choice • Pro Life • protesters • reproductive justice • Reproductive rights • Roe v Wade • safe abortions • social issues • social workers • waiting period • womens health • womens issues • womens medicine • Womens Rights |
ISBN-10 | 0-520-97372-0 / 0520973720 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-97372-5 / 9780520973725 |
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