Absolute convictions
Subtitle: my father, a city, and the conflict that divided America
By: Eyal Press.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780805077315
Subjects: Press, Shalom, 1940-; Abortion -- United States.; Physicians -- United States -- Attitudes.; Abortion services -- New York -- Buffalo.; Pro-life movement -- United States.; Pro-choice movement -- United States.; Political violence -- New York -- Buffalo.; Abortion -- Social aspects -- United States.
Description: On October 23, 1998, Buffalo abortion provider Barnett Slepian was killed by a sniper's bullet fired through the kitchen window of his home. Days later, police informed another local doctor, Shalom Press, that they had received a threat warning that he was "next on the list." Within hours the Press household was under federal marshal protection. America's violent struggle over abortion--which had already claimed the lives of five doctors and clinic workers--had come to Buffalo. Press's son combines a retelling of his family's experience with firsthand accounts of protesters arrested outside his father's office, patients who braved the gauntlet of demonstrators, and politicians who attempted to appease both sides. Here we see, as never before, the people behind the absolute convictions that have divided our nation for the past three decades.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.