Choice Words
Subtitle: A collection of writing about abortion
By: edited by Louise Swinn
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Crows Nest, NSW
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781760875220
Subjects: Abortion; Law and legislation
Description: Choice Words: A Collection of Writing About Abortion is a cri de coeur, a passionate appeal, from writers, thinkers, musicians, actors, comedians, activists and political staffers, offering personal stories of abortion alongside historical record and political anecdote. At a time when abortion is a criminal act and prosecution is a real risk in parts of Australia, this book is needed more than ever. The world watched aghast this July when a Tasmanian woman lost her job at a high-profile sporting agency for tweeting the truth - even in states in which abortion is legal, access can be nearly impossible. This treasury of stories highlights the sheer commonality of abortion. Women have been dealing with the risks and the fall-out for longer than there is record. It is poignant, wise, funny and true; a salute to those who have been working in the field, a celebration of how far we've come, an electrifying caterwaul at how far we still have to go, and a clarion call to action. Contributors include Jane Caro, Claudia Karvan, Laura Jean, Melissa Lucashenko, Emily Maguire, Tara June Winch, Michelle Law, Melanie Cheng, Anne Summers, Gideon Haigh, Monica Dux, Bri Lee, Jenny Kee, and a Foreword by Tanya Plibersek. Proceeds from Choice Words will go to the charity Marie Stopes Australia, the only national, independently-accredited, not-for-profit safe abortion provider, that has helped more than 600,000 women in the past twenty years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: Foreword: unfinished business
title: Tanya Plibersek; label: Introduction: Abortion laws across Australia
title: Louise Swinn; label: Free and relieved
title: Claudia Karvan; label: Doctor Marshall
title: Shirley Barrett; label: The apple isle
title: Angela Williamson; label: Who are the abortion providers, and what does the future hold?
title: Caroline de Costas; label: Out of the shadows: abortion in Queensland
title: Caroline de Costas; label: Together we are powerful
title: Melissa Lucashenko; label: Day of
title: Laura Jean; label: I dreamed I lost my reproductive rights in my Maidenform bra
title: Clem Bastow; label: For the long haul
title: Meredith Burgmann; label: Unwed teen mum Mary
title: Ellena Savage; label: The racket
title: Gideon Haigh; label: A slice of life,1965
title: Anne Summers; label: Given the options
title: Sarah Firth; label: A twitter thread: abortion, unwanted pregnances and irresponsble ejaculation
title: Gabrielle Stanley Blair; label: Snorkel
title: Brooke Davis; label: Choosing
title: Michelle Law; label: My silent scream
title: Monica Dux; label: How abortion set me free
title: Catherine Deveny; label: Still dancing
title: Jess Scully; label: In conversation: Jenny Kee and Grace Heifer
title: Louise Swinn; label: RU486 in Australia
title: Samantha Maiden; label: The slutty whore from whoresville making us all look bad
title: Rosie Waterland; label: Waiting room: a villanelle
title: Van Badham; label: An absurd threshold
title: Bri Lee; label: An old story
title: Jane Caro; label: The manger
title: Tony Birch; label: From the frontline
title: Gina Rushton; label: Letter to my teenage daughter
title: Tara June Winch; label: Her history, my silence
title: Eleanor Limprecht; label: My womb is not terra nullius
title: Jane Gleeson-White; label: The abortions I have known
title: Emily Maguire; label: Provision: an interview with Dr Kamala Emanuel
title: Zoya Patel; label: Weight
title: Maxine Beneba Clarke; label: Against choice
title: Amy Gray; label: A test unlike any other
title: Melanie Cheng; title: Contributors; title: Notes