Back rooms
Subtitle: voices from the illegal abortion era
By: Ellen Messer & Kathryn E. May.
Contributors: May. Kathryn E.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Abortion -- United States -- Case studies.; Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case studies.
Description: Those who came of age after 1973 cannot remember the days before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Back Rooms presents the moving testimony of women - and men - who cannot forget. This landmark oral history vividly conveys the stark choices women with unwanted pregnancies faced before abortion was legalized. Here are poignant stories of illegal "back-room" abortions and harrowing accounts of self-induced miscarriages, as well as the testimony of women who were forced to give birth on society's terms, not their own. At a time when mounting pressure from anti-abortion activists increasingly challenges the Roe v. Wade decision, this book lends authority and moral clarity to the pro-choice position.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1988. With new prologue.