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Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America

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  • Apr 5, 2022
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Lauren Rankin
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A powerfully empathetic and impeccably researched look at abortion clinic escorting Abortion has been legal for nearly fifty years in the United States, but with a new conservative... Show More

A powerfully empathetic and impeccably researched look at abortion clinic escorting

Abortion has been legal for nearly fifty years in the United States, but with a new conservative majority on the Supreme Court and an emboldened opposition in the street, the threat to its existence has never been more pressing. Clinic escorts— everyday volunteers—are prepared to stand up and protect abortion access, as they have for decades, even in the face of terrorism and violence. They have lived, and sometimes died, to ensure that abortion remains not only accessible but also a basic human right. Clinic escorts have fought the “abortion wars” on the front lines, and it is clinic escorts who will win it, by replacing hostility with humanity.

Collecting the stories of these brave volunteers from around the country—including the author’s own—interviews with clinic staff and patients, and research and input from abortion rights experts, Bodies on the Line makes a clear case for the right to an abortion as a fundamental part of human dignity, and the stakes facing us all if it ends. Bodies on the Line is a celebration of the crucial, often unsung heroes of abortion access and an inspiring call to defend this basic health care before it’s too late.

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Number of Pages: 304

ISBN: 1640094741

ISBN-13: 9781640094741

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Nora Biette-Timmons @biettetimmons · Dec 16, 2022
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Rankin’s book is a searing history of the people who have made abortion access possible for decades—not legislators and doctors, but everyday people willing to put their bodies on the line outside abortion clinics and support patients through ongoing, terrifying threats. Rankin interviews the family and friends of clinic volunteers and abortion providers who have lost their lives to anti-abortion violence; she speaks to abortion clinic volunteers whose clinics have been burned to the ground, who have been assaulted, trampled, and nearly run over by anti-abortion activists. And even though her book came out months before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, Bodies On the Line is clear-eyed about the future of abortion access, and what we will have to do for abortion access even when physical abortion clinics are gone. –Kylie Cheung
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