Abortion After Roe

Johanna Schoen is associate professor of history at Rutgers University, USA and author of Choice and Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare.

"A clear-eyed history . . . well written and historically rich: a deeply interesting account of the post-Roe era focused on the lived experience of giving and getting reproductive health services."--Women's Review of Books "A master work of research."--Linda Gordon, Dissent "An illuminating and topical history of abortion in our time."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine "Constructs a powerful, often deeply disturbing account of the experiences of clinic personnel and others striving to provide a full range of reproductive options to women in the face of violent opposition. . . . Highly recommended"--CHOICE "Schoen fills an important gap in historical scholarship that until now has focused on the pre-Roe era. . . . Skillfully incorporates the legal, political, and social history of abortion care in the United States since the 1970s."--Journal of the History of Medicine "Significantly contributes to the understanding of abortion since Roe v. Wade (1973). . . . Jargon free and thus accessible to undergraduate and graduate students alike."--American Historical Review "Spells out the necessity and moral good of providing abortion care."--Ms. Magazine "This engaging book provides a nuanced and important analysis of abortion practice and antiabortion activism in the three decades after Roe v. Wade. Listening for the voices of her actors, asking hard questions, and examining the changing roles of the state and its agencies, Johanna Schoen offers a new way of thinking about abortion practice and the state."--Naomi Rogers, author of Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine "This is a completely new, original, and needed book, filled with engaging stories and findings. Johanna Schoen addresses important questions about how and why changes in medical practice and politics occur and illuminates an area of social life that receives intense public attention, but that few people know much about."--Leslie J. Reagan, author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America