Relationships, sex, pregnancy, and abortion are among the topics
discussed with engaging frankness by sixteen women in this
collection of oral histories. Our Choices: Women s Personal
Decisions About Abortion presents readers with the opportunity to
understand the abortion choice in a way that statistics and
abstract debate cannot. The accounts show how pregnancy and
abortion are inextricably tied together in the complicated social
and psychological lives of men and women. By exploring the women s
feelings about becoming pregnant unintentionally and the
circumstances surrounding that occurrence, the stories reveal much
about how men and women communicate with each other about sex, the
effect of pregnancy and abortion on relationships, and how a woman
s upbringing has shaped her knowledge and attitudes regarding sex
and abortion.Our Choices: Women s Personal Decisions About Abortion
includes stories of both legal and illegal abortions from the 1950s
through the 1980s. The women included represent a variety of
socioeconomic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, reminding
readers that any woman can potentially be faced with the decisions
surrounding unintended pregnancy and abortion. The issues raised
cover the trauma of an illegal abortion, abortion versus adoption,
abortion following rape, abortion as a medical procedure, and the
role of family and partner support.Women who are considering
abortion or who have had an abortion in the past will gain a deeper
understanding of this complex and private experience; their
partners, families, and friends will be better equipped to provide
help and support. Professionals, including counselors and health
care providers, will want to read this engrossing book and refer
their clients to it. Students in women s studies and health care
programs, policymakers, ethicists, and others with an interest in
women s issues will find the book enlightening. It should be read
by anyone wishing a more complete knowledge of abortion and the
vast array of issues it encompasses.Our Choices: Women s Personal
Decisions About Abortion can be sold in family planning clinics to
clients, used in pregnancy counseling training, and retained for
reference by both public libraries and family planning clinics,
reproductive rights organizations, universities, and women s
centers.
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