Author(s): PETERS, R TODD

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Here's a fact we often ignore: unplanned pregnancy and abortion are a normal part of women's reproductive lives. Yet women who have abortions are routinely shamed and judged, while safe and affordable access to abortion is under relentless assault, with the most devastating impact on poor women and women of color. Trust Women skillfully interweaves political analysis, sociology, ancient and modern philosophy, Christian tradition, and medical history. In an age in which women's reproductive rights are increasingly under attack, and conservative Christian arguments and rhetoric around abortion have influenced even those who do not consider themselves religious, Peters's stirring argument that abortion can be a moral good is necessary reading. Book jacket.