{"product_id":"9780802162663","title":"A Woman's Life Is a Human Life","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis urgent book\nfrom historian Felicia Kornbluh reveals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e two movement victories in New York that forever changed the politics of reproductive rights nationally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore there was a “Jane Roe,” the\nmost important champions of reproductive rights were ordinary people working in\ntheir local communities. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Woman’s Life Is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea Human Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, historian Felicia Kornbluh\ndelivers the untold story of everyday activists who defined those rights and\nachieved them, in the years immediately before and after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoe\nv. Wade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e made abortion legal under federal\nlaw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Woman’s Life Is a Human Life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis\nthe story of two movements in New York that transformed the politics of\nreproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the fight against\nsterilization abuse, which happened disproportionately in communities of color\nand was central to an activism that was about the right \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebear children, as well as not to. Each initiative won key\nvictories that relied on people power and not on the federal courts. Their\nhistories cast new light on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\nconstitutional rights, on the difficulty and importance of achieving a truly\ninclusive feminism, and on reproductive politics today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book full of drama. From\ndissident Democrats who were the first to try reforming abortion laws and\nmembers of a rising feminist movement who refashioned them, to the nation’s largest\nabortion referral service established by progressive Christian and Jewish\nclergy, to Puerto Rican activists who demanded community accountability in\nhealthcare and introduced sterilization abuse to the movement’s agenda, and\nBlack women who took the cause global, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Woman’s Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs a Human Life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edocuments the diverse ways activists\nchanged the law and worked to create a world that would support all people’s\nreproductive choices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first in-depth study of a\nwinning campaign against a state’s abortion law and the first to chronicle the\nsterilization abuse fight side-by-side with the one for abortion rights, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA\nWoman’s Life Is a Human Life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis rich with firsthand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaccounts and previously unseen sources—including\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethose from Kornbluh’s mother, who wrote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe first draft of New York’s law decriminalizing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabortion, and their across-the-hall neighbor,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Helen Rodríguez-Trías, a Puerto Rican\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoctor who cofounded the movement against\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003esterilization abuse. In this dynamic, surprising,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand highly readable history, Felicia Kornbluh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecorrects the record to show how grassroots\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaction overcame the odds to create policy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003echange—and how it might work today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felicia Kornbluh","offers":[{"title":"Grove\/Atlantic |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-01-26","offer_id":44414009770239,"sku":"9780802162663","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ff6e8213-2ec6-4b4c-87fd-69ce54c9c8d2.jpg?v=1697660728","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780802162663","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}