Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women's Words (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies)

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Summary: Powerful interviews on an intimate subject.
Review: As someone who has always empathized with women who have had abortions, I got so much insight from reading this book. Eve Kushner makes a delicate subject readable as well as authentic. Her interviews with scores of women who have experienced abortions have greatly widened my understanding of it. There is no preaching one way or the other on the topic. This book is for everyone who wants to know more about abortion.

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Summary: A worthwhile read....
Review: I found the book riveting. The aloneness of each subject made me want to call and offer words of encouragement. I plan to send this on to a friend who has recently experienced the mental pain even though she had family support. An important book for young and old alike. I'd like to see men read it.

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Summary: Great for all women
Review: I found this book to be a great resource for a woman who has gone through abortion. It is true to it's title and uses women's stories as a way to help women deal with all the feelings of PAS. Even if you feel that noone on earth could feel like you do, read this book and I'm sure that there is at least one woman that went through what you are going through. Talks about women that have dealt with one and multiple abortions. It made me feel that somewhere a woman that had an abortion had felt the way I feel and that I wasn't alone or weird.

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Summary: Personal and affirming
Review: Speaking from a personal experience I can not begin to describe what an extremely good find this book has been. It's true that while perhaps it would help more to be able to talk openly with other women to share in the aftermath and recovery, this book has been the next best thing. I would highly recommend this to anyone who may be attempting to integrate this experience into their sense of self - it has been invaluable to me.

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Summary: Excellent and Moving resource on women's experiences.
Review: This book is a wonderful, touching and powerful look at what women go through during the abortion process from making a choice, to support (or lack therof) from friends and family and coworkers, and the actual proceedure and aftercare of the woman during abortion. I'd reccomend this book if you are looking for the woman's point of view on the issue.

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Summary: In depth and respectful -- an author who listens
Review: This book lets women who have experienced abortion speak for themselves! Unlike so many authors covering abortion (and women's issues, in general), this author does not shepherd her analytical agenda through the narrative and press women's stories into shapes that fit. The author groups these varied experiences in a manner that elucidates and suggests larger significance but does not contrain the voices' originality.