Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us PDF
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DISPATCHES FROM THE ABORTION WARS DISPATCHES FROM THE ABORTION WARS The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us CAROlE JOFFE Beacon Press Boston BEACON PRESS 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892 www.beacon.org Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. © 2009 by Carole Joffe All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the uncoated paper ANSI/NISO specifications for permanence as revised in 1992. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Joffe, Carole E. Dispatches from the abortion wars : the costs of fanaticism to doctors, patients, and the rest of us / Carole Joffe. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8070-3502-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Abortion—United States. 2. Pro-life movement—United States. 3. Abortion services—United States. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Abortion, Induced—psychology—United States. 2. Health Policy— United States. 3. Health Services Accessibility—United States. 4. Politics—United States. 5. Public Opinion—United States. HQ 767.5.U5 J64d 2009] HQ767.5.U5J64 2009 362.198´8800973—dc22 2009016538 Text design and composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services in loving memory of felicia hance stewart (1943–2006), anne vygotsky joffe (1915–2006), and george richard tiller (1941–2009) AuTHOR’S NOTE In this book I use the real names of those whose activities are a matter of public record, who are heads of organizations, and whose written work I cite. However, I have used pseudonyms to protect the con- fidentiality of many of the abortion providers I cite. A list of those pseudonyms is as follows: Jeannette James Abby Trudeau Justine Gordon Linda Johnson Rachel Gould George Majors Ruth Childs Margaret Riley Rebecca Jacobs Ethel Bloom Natalie Diamond Gary McPherson Alex Wolff Sylvia Shore Christopher Franklin Iris Foyle Deborah Fox Annie Moses Tim Shawn Christina Hernandez Susan Golden David Bennett Michelle Lawrence Julia Miller Linda Perillo Renee Bancroft CONTENTS preface xi i The Stigma of Abortion 1 ii “You Need a Community with You”: Becoming an Abortion Provider 21 iii The Clinics: Ground Zero in the Abortion Wars 46 iv Regulating Abortion 62 v Hospital-Based Abortions: Chaos, Cruelty, and Some Accommodation 83 vi Abortion Patients and the “Two Americas” of Reproductive Health 99
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