“He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women – it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.”
–John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Fiction
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Non-Fiction
- Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
- Good Catholics: The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church by Patricia Miller
- The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan
- Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice by Loretta Ross, Elena Gutierrez, Marlene Gerber, Jael Silliman
- Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
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