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.