Abortion: A Doctor's Perspective/A Woman's Dilemma

By Don Sloan

A firsthand witness to the effects of botched illegal abortions in the 1960s and an instrumental lobbyist for the passage of the nations' first liberal abortion law provides a balanced personal essay... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556113412
• ISBN13: 9781556113413
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read For Anyone In The Abortion Debate

As someone who has been in the abortion debate for years now, I had not yet, until now, read a book that described abortion from a doctor's perspective.One of the greatest strengths of this book is that the doctor tells his story from pre-Roe to post Roe. He was there.The very graphic descriptions of what women used to try to self abort are eye-openers for even the most staunch pro-choicer.Another great strength of this book is what he saves towards the end: The fact that he was almost aborted through an illegal abortion. Why is this a great strength? Because he is pro-choice. Not only is he pro-choice, he's a doctor that performs abortions. One of the great crys of the anti-abortion rights front is "Aren't you glad your mother didn't abort you?". Yet, here, in this book, the doctor throws that back in their face with: I was almost aborted and who cares? It's not like I would have known. It's not stopping me from providing this service. I feel this is a must read for anyone in the abortion debate.