Aftermath

Life in Post-Roe America

Elizabeth G. Hines

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Year: 2022
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781647426026
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

After nearly fifty years as settled constitutional law, the federally protected right to an abortion in America is now a thing of the past. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has left Americans without a guaranteed right to access abortion―and the cost of that upheaval will be most painfully felt by individuals who already struggle with access to resources: the poor, Black and brown communities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ population. 

 Pulling together the experiences, expertise, and perspectives of more than 30 writers, thinkers, and activists, Aftermath: Life in Post-Roe America offers a searing look at the critical role Roe has played in improving women’s and pregnant people’s lives, what a future without Roe may look like, and what options exist for us to secure reproductive freedom in the future. With contributions from Jessica Valenti, Soraya Chemaly, Michele Goodwin, Alyssa Milano, Ruby Sales, Heather Cox Richardson, Robin Marty, Linda Villarosa, Jennifer Baumgardner and more, this anthology is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of reproductive rights in America―and beyond.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Introduction
• Raising a Daughter in a Post-Roe World
• My First Abortion Story
• Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All
• As Goes Mississippi, So Goes America
• So They All Just Lied?
• Biden Must Do More to Protect Abortion Rights
• The Abortion Stories We Didn’t Tell: How Decades of Silence Left Us Unprepared for the Post-Roe Fight
• Get Real
• Our Body Is Our Own
• Facing Higher Teen Pregnancy and Maternal Mortality Rates, Black Women Will Largely Bear the Brunt of Abortion Limits
• “Roe Was the Floor”
• How the Supreme Court Decision Limiting Abortion Access Will Harm the Economy and Women’s Financial Well-being
• To Imagine a World without Roe, Look to Kentucky
• Society Makes a Choice Before Any of Us Can
• No, Justice Alito, Reproductive Justice Is in the Constitution
• Reproductive Justice Advocates Can’t Afford to Ignore How Abortion Bans Affect Asian Americans
• Abortion Is a Disability Issue
• Collateral Damage
• For Indigenous Peoples, Abortion Is a Religious Right
• Not All Religious People Oppose Abortion
• The Beautiful Scream
• “Every Single One of Them Responded in Tears”
• Clinic
• My Trip to Texas Gave Me a Glimpse Into the Post-Roe Future
• The Privilege of Hope: Working in Partnership with Young People
• A Letter to My Mother (and Like-Minded Individuals)
• My Daughter’s First Pro-Choice Protest
• Rewriting the Rules: A Pharmacist’s Fight to Make Medication Abortion Accessible to All
• A Black Abortion Provider’s Perspective on Post-Roe America
• For the Patients
• “No Amount of Preparation Could Have Minimized the Devastation”
• Abuse, Discrimination, Exclusion: Transgender Men Explain Domino Effect of Losing Reproductive Care Post-Roe
• My Story
• Pushing Back on the Politics of Hypocrisy
• Is Violence the Last Gasp of Patriarchy?
• We Need a Post-Roe Strategy for the Long Haul. Global Feminists Offer a Blueprint
• 6 Ways to Fight for Abortion Rights After Roe
• Girding Our Loins: A Spiritual Survival Guide for the Battle Ahead
• How to Help
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor