Explores the lives of the heroic and committed physicians who have worked to ensure safe abortions for women in the face of neglect--and worse--from hospitals, national medical organizations, and colleagues.

In an America where abortion has been legal for 35 years, and 53% of its citizens consider themselves pro-choice, access to abortion can be surprisingly difficult if not impossible. Here, Joffe explores the cultural, political, and economic forces that conspire to block or deny women seeking care and doctors seeking to provide it.

A collection of essays, framed with original introductions, Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings helps students to think critically about reproduction as a social phenomenon. Divided into six rich and varied sections, this book offers students and instructors a broad overview of the social meanings of reproduction and offers opportunities to explore significant questions of how resources are allocated, individuals are regulated, and how very much is at stake as people and communities aim to determine their own family size and reproductive experiences. This is an ideal core...