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Abortion Law and legislation African American women Alabama Fiction Eugenics United States Fiction Involuntary sterilization Alabama Fiction Reproductive rights Reproductive rights United States History Reproductive rights United States History 20th century Fiction Roe, Jane 1947-2017 United States Race relations 20th century Fiction Wade, HenryBoyd, Curtis Wayne
Summary: "In this deeply personal account, Dr. Curtis Boyd and Dr. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd reflect on their lives in abortion care, from the childhood experiences that shaped their paths to the Supreme Court decision that forced the closure of their Dallas clinic. Their stories begin in the 1960s, as Curtis opens a clandestine abortion practice while breaking with the beliefs of his Baptist family and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disruption Books 2024
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Summary: "In the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. While Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, Dennett's name has largely faded from public knowledge. Each held a radically different vision for what reproductive autonomy and birth control access should look like in America ... Meticulously researched and vividly drawn,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, historian Felicia Kornbluh delivers an urgent book about two key reproductive rights victories in New York that set the tone for the nation. A Woman's Life Is a Human Life is the story of two movements that transformed the politics of reproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the campaign against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 KORFarley, Audrey Clare
Summary: The sterilized heiress -- "Over-sexed" -- Remaking the world -- Mayhem -- The newcomer -- The chrysalis -- An accident -- A new Ann -- Fugitive prisoner -- Plotting -- The wizard -- Love of the lamp -- The criminal trial -- Burying the sterilized heiress -- Mr. Marriage -- The inquest -- Operation lawsuit -- Madrigal v. Quilligan -- Another reveal -- Remembering Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEWITT, ANN COOPER FARPerkins-Valdez, Dolen
Summary: "Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench. Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 0000
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Summary: "Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench. Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Perkins-ValdezBlumenthal, Karen.
Summary: A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women. This book intends to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020