No Choice, Becca Andrews
No Choice, Becca Andrews
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No Choice
The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right

Author: Becca Andrews

Narrator: Marisha Tapera, Becca Andrews

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 10/11/2022


Synopsis

An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose

The pieces started to fall In 2019 when a wave of anti-abortion laws went into effect. Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, while Missouri banned the procedure at eight weeks. Alabama banned all abortions. The die was cast. And on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and, abortion immediately became illegal in 22 states.
 
No Choice begins by shining a light on the eerie ways in which life before Roe will be mirrored in life after. The wealthy and privileged will still have access, low-income people will suffer disproportionately, and pregnancy will be heavily policed. Then, Andrews takes us to the states and communities that have been hardest-hit by the erosion of abortion rights in this country, and tells the stories of those who are most at risk from this devastating reversal of settled law. There is a glimmer of faint hope, though.

As the battle moves to state legislatures around the country, the book profiles the people who are doing groundbreaking, inspiring work to ensure safe, legal access to this fundamental part of health care.
 
 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clare on July 15, 2022

I feel like this book is not only incredibly well-written and researched, but its contents are more important now than ever. I loved the way the author separated the book into three parts, and broke down the chronology into something easily digestible to a casual reader. I consider the issue of abor......more

Goodreads review by Kanav on April 20, 2024

In "No Choice", Becca Andrews' book delves into the intricate landscape of abortion rights through conversations with various stakeholders, including doctors, women, lawyers, activists, and protestors. While the subject matter is undeniably fascinating, the book's execution leaves something to be de......more

Goodreads review by Anna on December 11, 2023

Amazing book. I thought she discussed healthcare in regards to women of color as well as non binary people and transgender women in depth and was very educated and aware of the disparities in healthcare, which I don’t see a lot of books doing, especially ones written by white women. She also discuss......more

Goodreads review by Isabel on November 10, 2022

Very well written and researched - each story is so human and real. The book is extremely effective at demonstrating the importance of the right to choose and equality of access to reproductive healthcare.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on September 25, 2022

"No Choice" is a really important read by Becca Andrews about life in Post-Roe America, particularly for people who cannot afford or access abortions. Andrews begins the book with her confession that she was raised in a pro-life circle, but her life's path led her to understand that the social, econ......more


Quotes

“A powerful, necessary, absolutely captivating account of abortion in America, situating the fight for this fundamental human right inside a much broader landscape of reproductive injustice. Anchored in richly rendered individual stories—told with grace, nuance, and compassion—No Choice is required reading for the terrifying post-Roe reality in which we find ourselves. This is a book full of the history of resistance and resilience we need to understand and mobilize [for] the fight to come.”—Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams and Make It Scream, Make It Burn

“Highly informative, a compassionate look not just at history and current events around reproductive rights, but also the future. No Choice offers an invaluable contribution to the discourse and a reminder that abortion has a history that spans centuries. It has always happened and will always happen, even if it is not safe and legal. A post-Roe world is not a world without abortion, instead it is a world where more people die from lack of access to reproductive healthcare. This book reminds us that we have seen this in the past and we do not need to return to those horrors. The way forward is policy that centers the living and their needs, not the ideologies of those who cannot conceive of change.”—Mikki Kendall, author of Hood Feminism

“Andrews’ thoughtful and eye-opening original reporting chronicles one of the most definitive moments of our generation through the eyes of the people who lived and breathed it every day. Her thoughtfully crafted narrative tells the stories of all who’ve had and provide abortions with unflinching love and clear-eyed honesty. No Choice is the story of how we lost Roe, who was closest to the pain when it happened, and whose lives were forever changed because of it.”—Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive director of We Testify

No Choice translates Becca’s years of expertise in beat reporting into an incisive, meticulous, and unsugarcoated examination of how our movement—and our country—failed the South long before Roe v. Wade was overturned.”—Robin Marty, author of The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America and operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center

“By turns enraging and surprisingly uplifting, an intimate, depressingly timely portrait of the many people who have stood in the gap to protect abortion patients and defend reproductive justice.”—Anna Merlan, author of Republic of Lies

“This is required reading for every citizen of this country. Filled with brave reporting, beautiful writing, and an insistence to tell the truth about the war on women, I’ll be giving this book as a gift to every woman I know.”—Emily Rapp Black, author of Still Point of the Turning World and Sanctuary