Synopses & Reviews
2013 will mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most divisive rulings ever to shape American politics. In recent years, attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade have reached a fevered pitch. Since 2010 hundreds of bills banning or creating roadblocks to abortion access, contraception, and basic womens health have been proposed across the United States, with nearly one hundred new laws going into effect. The goal is to create a law that will eventually be brought before the most conservative Supreme Court ever to occupy the bench, in order to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal” Has Become the New Standard In Womens Health And How We Can Change That takes a look at twelve states that since 2010 have each passed a different anti-abortion or anti-women's health law, and how each law is explicitly written to provoke a repeal of Roe v. Wade. The book will detail not just the history of the laws in question, but how they challenge Roe v. Wade and create a reproductive health care system that puts womenespecially poor, rural, or those of colorinto a separate class with fewer choices or control.
Robin Marty is RH Reality Checks senior political reporter, focusing primarily on state legislation restricting womens reproductive rights. Her political, womens rights, and reproductive articles have appeared in Ms. magazine, Truthout, AlterNet, and BlogHer.
Jessica Mason Pieklo is the assistant director of the Health Law Institute at Hamline Law School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She covers law and politics at Care2.com and RH Reality Check. Her articles have appeared in Ms. magazine, Truthout, and AlterNet.
Review
The authors of Crow after Roe combine their considerable journalistic and legal skills to offer a state of the art review of the numerous ways that abortion access is under threat in the United States. All who are concerned about the challenges now facing abortion providers and patients alike should read this book.”
Carole Joffe, author,
Dispatches From the Abortion WarsCrow After Roe is a must-read for anyone who cares about womens rights. A comprehensive look at the never-ending war on womens bodies, the book will shock and move you to action. Most importantly, though, Crow After Roe gives you hope and a roadmap for what we can do to change the current anti-woman tide.”Jessica Valenti, feminist author and speaker, founder of Feministing.com and columnist at The Nation
Synopsis
How the Right is making abortion illegal—one state at a time.
Synopsis
2013 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Courts abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, one of the most divisive rulings ever to shape American politics. In recent years, attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade have reached a fevered pitch. Since 2010, hundreds of bills banning or putting up roadblocks to abortion access, contraception, and basic womens health have been proposed across the United States, with nearly one hundred new laws going into effect. The goal is to create a law that will eventually be brought before the Supreme Court in order to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal” Has Become the New Standard In Womens Health And How We Can Change That examines eleven statesArizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Texas, Utah and Washington DCthat since 2010 have each passed a different anti-abortion or anti-womens health law explicitly written to provoke a repeal of Roe v. Wade. The chilling effect of these laws has been to establish a reproductive health care system in these states that makes abortion legal in name only, and which places womenespecially poor, rural, or those of colorinto a separate health care class, with few choices or control. Featuring a foreword by Gloria Feldt.
About the Author
Robin Marty is RH Reality Checks senior political reporter, focusing primarily on state legislation restricting womens reproductive rights. Her political, womens rights, and reproductive articles have appeared in Ms. magazine, Truthout, AlterNet, and BlogHer.
Jessica Mason Pieklo is a senior legal analyst at RH Reality Check and the former Assistant Director of the Health Law Institute at Hamline University School of Law. An attorney and law professor, Jessica writes on issues of constitutional law and public policy. Her articles have appeared in Ms. magazine, Truthout, and AlterNet