Obstacle Course

The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America

David S. Cohen, Carole Joffe (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2021
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38566-5 (ISBN)

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It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access to necessary health care. And yet it is no surprise that in many places throughout the United States, getting an abortion can be a monumental challenge. Anti-choice politicians and activists have worked tirelessly to impose needless restrictions on this straightforward medical procedure that, at best, delay it and, at worst, create medical risks and deny women their constitutionally protected right to choose.

Obstacle Course tells the story of abortion in America, capturing a disturbing reality of insurmountable barriers people face when trying to exercise their legal rights to medical services. Authors David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe lay bare the often arduous and unnecessarily burdensome process of terminating a pregnancy: the sabotaged decision-making, clinics in remote locations, insurance bans, harassing protesters, forced ultrasounds and dishonest medical information, arbitrary waiting periods, and unjustified procedure limitations.

Based on patients’ stories as well as interviews with abortion providers and allies from every state in the country, Obstacle Course reveals the unstoppable determination required of women in the pursuit of reproductive autonomy as well as the incredible commitment of abortion providers. Without the efforts of an unheralded army of medical professionals, clinic administrators, counselors, activists, and volunteers, what is a legal right would be meaningless for the almost one million people per year who get abortions. There is a better way—treating abortion like any other form of health care—but the United States is a long way from that ideal.

David S. Cohen is Professor of Law at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law in Philadelphia and is the coauthor of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism (2015). Carole Joffe is Professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and is the author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars (2010) and several other books on abortion provision.

1. Introduction: The Turbulent State of Abortion in America
2. Making the Decision: Coping with Roadblocks, Deception, and Lies
3. Finding and Getting to a Clinic: Hard to Find, Harder to Reach
4. Coming Up With the Money: The Biggest Barrier
5. Getting In: Chaos at the Clinic Door
6. Counseling at the Clinic: Government-Mandated Deceit
7. Waiting Periods: Logistical Nightmares, Potentially Serious Delays
8. The Procedure: Politics Overrides Medical Expertise
9. An Alternate Vision: Abortion as Normal Health Care

Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2021
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-520-38566-7 / 0520385667
ISBN-13	978-0-520-38566-5 / 9780520385665
Zustand	Neuware