Every Third Woman In America: How Legal Abortion Transformed Our Nation

by David A. Grimes

Every Third Woman in America: How Legal Abortion Transformed Our Nation tells the forgotten story of the transition from the back alley to safe care after Roe v. Wade was enacted in 1973. The legalization of abortion resulted in prompt and dramatic health improvements for women, children, and families, but an entire generation of Americans has grown up unaware of the harsh and unnecessary tragedies of back-alley abortions. Current attacks on safe, legal abortion at the state level are designed to return women to those desperate, dangerous days before abortion was legalized. One of the world's leading abortion scholars, Dr. Grimes chronicles the public-health story of legal abortion in America and the harms women face at the mercy of state laws restricting access to care. He shares the stories of his patients seeking abortion and how they and their families benefited.

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism, History, Politics, Womens, Medicine, Law

473 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 24, 2014

About the author

David A. Grimes, M.D. (http://www.davidagrimes.com)
is one of a small number of U.S. physicians Board-certified in both obstetrics/gynecology and preventive medicine. An internationally recognized abortion scholar, he served as Chief of the Abortion Surveillance Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In Every Third Woman in America, he chronicles the public health story of legal abortion in America as well as the harms women now face at the mercy of state and federal restrictions. He shares the stories of his patients over 40 years of practice and how safe, legal abortion helped them and their families.

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