Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win
Quotes from the Book
Denying someone an abortion to make a statement about morality is ignoring the root cause of the issue.
The idea that a pregnant person gets the final decision should not lead the men in their lives to just think of themselves as supporters or allies. Men really are stakeholders and beneficiaries when it comes to their partner's reproductive decisions, and they should be out there marching because abortion access is "their issue" too
As physicians, we swear by something called the Hippocratic Oath, which says to “First do no harm.” As a physician myself, I can’t imagine placing my own personal beliefs above caring for another human being.
The reality is that people of all faiths have abortions and many people who identify with Judaism, Islam, and Christianity consider abortion a moral decision.
We can simultaneously believe that there is a potential life growing in a uterus and trust the person carrying the pregnancy to do what is right for them in their own lives.
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About Meera Shah
About the book
"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling” —Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble
At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse individuals serve as a reminder of the importance of empathy, finding community and motivating advocacy
For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah, Chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But when she started to be direct about her work as an abortion provider an interesting thing started to one by one, people would confide that they'd had an abortion themselves. The refrain was often the You're the only one I've told.
This book collects these stories as they've been told to Shah to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it. A wide range of a
Book details
- First published
- 2020
- Author
- Meera Shah
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Goodreads rating
- 4.42 (6k ratings)
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