Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West4 reviews John M. Riddle Harvard University Press, 1999 A work of history which also excels as an herbal + awesome + Brave scholarship upon the "secret knowledge" of women. As a person who enjoys the study of social history (how people lived) and herbal medicine, this book exceeded my expectations on both counts. Riddle is an historian, so the scholarship in the book is historical scholarship. He moves deftly between conflicting theories of demographics and actual ...             Pregnancy and Power: A Short History of Reproductive Politics in America2 reviews Rickie Solinger NYU Press, 2005 An important, well written book + Women's struggles: beyond the right to abortion Pregnancy and Power is an eye-opening exploration of reproductive politics and should be read by anyone who cares about the social injustices women are subjected to in this regard.             Back Rooms: Voices from the Illegal Abortion Era4 reviews Ellen Messer, Kathryn E. May, ... Prometheus Books, 1994 A must read for anti-choicers + If you are against abortion before you read this book, you will be prochoice by the time you are through + Enlightening (and Disturbing) + A must-read for any feminist and pro-choicer!             A Question of Choice3 reviews Sarah Weddington Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993 Dynamic recap of the past century + Important lessons on leadership for both women and men + Not just about Roe vs. Wade I had the honor of taking a leadership class with Sarah Weddington where this book was used as a main text. The story of this accomplished woman bears testament to the changes fought for and won by women in the second wave of feminsim, both in the state of Texas and in the Nation. Prior to reading ...             The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back25 reviews Gloria Feldt Bantam, 2004 Keep your religion off my uterus, thank you. + A MUST READ BOOK!!! Excellent book. It explains why women need to have the right to choose. It's not about religion. It's not as if Planned Parenthood is some evil demonic organization out to dismember "babies" as sacrifices to the devil. It's about giving women who are young, scared, alone, raped, molested, abused, ...             Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950-20003 reviews University of California Press, 1998 Wide-reaching and informative + A must read! The essays in this book bring together a wide range of perspectives on reproductive rights and freedom of choice, many of which are not always part of the "mainstream" dialogue about these issues. Essays are well-written and engaging, and the book makes a wonderful reference tool.             Who Decides?: The Abortion Rights of Teens (Reproductive Rights and Policy) J. Shoshanna Ehrlich Praeger Publishers, 2006 The question of whether a young woman should be allowed to terminate a pregnancy without her parents' knowledge has been one of the most contentious issues of the post Roe v. Wade era. Parental involvement laws reach to the core of the parent-teen relationship in the highly contested realm of adolescent sexuality. This is the first book to examine in thorough detail the decision-making ...             Sacred Work: Planned Parenthood And Its Clergy Alliances3 reviews Tom Davis Rutgers University Press, 2005 Sacred Work in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond + One of the Great Social Justice Fights. A book reviewer's job is to provide an informed opinion as to whether the writer accomplished their craft and has written to the best of their ability a good book. A review shouldn't be a platform for the reviewer's political or religious point of view. A review should be about the book. ...             The Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood (Critical America (New York ... Nancy Ehrenreich NYU Press, 2008 View the Table of Contents Read the Introduction “At a troubling time in history when a conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has called into question the constitutional protection of women's health and equality, this book comes none too soon. The Reproductive Rights Reader gives us a uniquely comprehensive and useful collection of the major court decisions, legal briefs and ...             Abortion: A Positive Decision Patricia Lunneborg Bergin & Garvey, 1992 The first book to focus on abortion decision making, this self-help counseling resource takes a decidedly positive stance. Challenging the view that abortion is the lesser of two evils, Patricia Lunneborg maintains that it is moral, life-enhancing, supportive to families, and beneficial to the lives of millions of women. Opposing public opinion that abortion is acceptable only in special cases, ...             Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions1 review Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Sacred rights. The case for contraception and abortion in wo Daniel C Maguire is professor of Moral Theological Ethics at Marquette University, a Catholic, Jesuit Institution, president of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics in Milwaukee, WI with a degree in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in ...             Sacred Choices (Sacred Energies Series)10 reviews Daniel, C. Maguire Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2001 SACRED CHOICES + a serious work of religious scholarship + Great Contribution + Punctured Preconceptions             This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor19 reviews Susan Wicklund, Sue Wicklund, ... PublicAffairs, 2007 Well-written, poignant memoir + A Courageous Woman + Women Need To Read This Book + I loved this book! + A couageous woman             Vera Drake89 reviews Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham New Line Home Video, 2005 Neither pro or con abortion, the film leaves the final judgement to the viewer + Powerful This is a carefully crafted film that captures well the struggles of the working class, the division of class in English society, social control of society, and the strength of the social and family networks that allow poor working folks to survive in the face of adversity. These complex themes are ...             The Wisdom of Abortion: Its Power, Purpose and Meaning1 review Kim WisdomOfAbortion.com Lulu.com, 2005 Recommended I was pro-choice but I guess I didn't feel entirely good about it. Some of the things pro-life people said bothered me, things that pro-choice people mostly ignored. (Is it a human being? Is abortion murder? If so, then doesn't that outweigh a woman's right to her own body?) This book takes on ...             The Cider House Rules (Miramax Collector's Series)228 reviews Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker Miramax, 2000 RULES that are made to be broken: a glorious film and suberb adaptation of the novel + What do rules mean? + cider house + the cider house rules + Outstanding Movie             Leona's Sister Gerri3 reviews Geraldine 'Gerri' Santoro, Leona Gordon (II) Docurama, 2007 This my Aunt + A Stunning Indictment + Stunning and heart breaking This is my Aunt Gerry. When I was little I was told that she lost her baby while bowling. Then she was gone, leaving my 2 cousins with their father. They left for California. Both had a series of bad marriages, drug problems, etc. One went into the Marines, one married a musician. I only hear ...             The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life74 reviews Ramesh Ponnuru Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006 Great legal, political, and philosophical analysis of a divisive issue + The Hidden Agenda + Shines some light on weak pro-choice logic + Provocative and Blunt - Death is the Important Word             The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America Linda Gordon University of Illinois Press, 2007 Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Books for 2004 The only book to cover the entire history of birth control and the intense controversies about reproduction rights that have raged in the United States for more than 150 years, The Moral Property of Women is a thoroughly updated and revised version of the award-winning historian Linda Gordon's classic history Woman's Body, Woman's Right, ...             Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era24 reviews Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Judy Norsigian Touchstone, 2005 EXCELLENT Resource for Females of ALL AGES + EVERY woman should own a copy + An extraordinary title + Thank You!