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An eye-opening, transformative, and actionable journey through radical and compassionate community abortion care and support work: what it looks like, how each and every one of us can practice and incorporate it into our daily lives, and what we can imagine and build together in a post-Roe v. Wade United States.
Abortion touches all of our lives. While statistically nearly everyone knows someone who will receive an abortion in their lifetime, limiting narratives flatten our understanding and assumptions around abortion, while stigma and criminalization stifle discussion. What we lack are the language and tools to provide care and support to all of the members of our communities who receive abortions, before, during, and after them.
Now, Hannah Matthews—abortion care worker, doula, journalist and essayist, and reproductive rights advocate—breathes depth and nuance into the oversimplified narratives surrounding abortion, presenting an accessible guide to the emotional and physical realities of providing and supporting abortion care for our own communities. Featuring stories of real abortion experiences, including Matthews’s own, You or Someone You Love offers a glimpse into the stunningly diverse landscape of abortion care across gender, race, and class lines, while illustrating how we can better support and protect the people who seek abortion in a country that increasingly promotes secrecy and shame.
- 256 pages
- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Abortion Is the Beginning
- 2. Abortion Is Mine
- Interlude: Abortion Is a Story (Some Notes on Language)
- 3. Abortion Is Yours
- 4. Abortion Is Sex
- 5. Abortion Is Justice
- 6. Abortion Is Indigenous
- 7. Abortion Is Nature
- 8. Abortion Is Care
- Interlude: Abortion Is All the Stuff in My Doula Bag
- 9. Abortion Is Survival
- 10. Abortion Is Pain
- 11. Abortion Is a Crime
- 12. Abortion Is Safety
- 13. Abortion Is Parenthood
- 14. Abortion Is Community
- 15. Abortion Is Power
- 16. Abortion Is Hope
- 17. Abortion Is Transformation
- 18. Abortion Is a Holy Blessing
- 19. Abortion Is Ceremony
- 20. Abortion Is Queer
- 21. Abortion Is for Every Body
- 22. Abortion Is Consent
- 23. Abortion Is Grief
- Interlude: Abortion Is a Gift (Some Things to Make and Buy and Share and Send)
- 24. Abortion Is Creation
- 25. Abortion Is Joy
- 26. Abortion Is Love
- 27. Abortion Is the Beginning
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Resources
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
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