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Author:

Joffe, Carole E.

Title:

Dispatches from the abortion wars : the costs of fanaticism to doctors, patients, and the rest of us / Carole Joffe.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvi, 196 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Abortion--United States.
Pro-life movement--United States.
Abortion services--United States.
Abortion, Induced--psychology--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Health Services Accessibility--United States.
Politics--United States.
Public Opinion--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-183) and index.

Contents:

The stigma of abortion -- "You need a community with you" : becoming an abortion provider -- The clinics : ground zero in the abortion wars -- Regulating abortion -- Hospital-based abortions : chaos, cruelty, and some accommodation -- Abortion patients and the "two Americas" of reproductive health -- "Every woman is different" : what good abortion care looks like -- What kind of America do we want? -- Afterword : "abortion is a perfectly proper noun" -- Postscript : the legacy of George Tiller.

ISBN:

0807035025 (alk. paper)
9780807035023 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)319126636

LCCN:

2009016538

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)