Obstacle course the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America

"This book tells the real story of abortion in America, one that captures a disturbing reality of sometimes insurmountable barriers put in front of women trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of doctors, nurses, social workers, acti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cohen, David S., 1972- (Autor), Joffe, Carole E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Temas:
Abortion > United States.
Abortion services > United States.
Abortion.
Health services accessibility.
Abortion, Legal
Sociological Factors
Health Services Accessibility
Abortion, Induced
Abortion, Criminal
Cliniques d'avortement > États-Unis.
Avortement.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control
Health services accessibility
Abortion
Abortion services
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the turbulent state of abortion in America
  • Making the decision : coping with roadblocks, deception, and lies
  • Finding and getting to a clinic : hard to find, harder to reach
  • Coming up with the money : the biggest barrier
  • Getting in : chaos at the clinic door
  • Counseling at the clinic : government-mandated deceit
  • Waiting periods : logistical nightmares, potentially serious delays
  • The procedure : politics overrides medical expertise
  • An alternate vision : abortion as normal healthcare.

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