A clear and concise guide to the politics of post-Roe America, for readers eager to understand the attacks on our bodies and freedom, and to do something about it.
In this, her most urgent book yet, New York Times bestselling author Jessica Valenti dispels misinformation and cuts through the headline overwhelm to illuminate the full-scale assault conservative lawmakers have launched on women's freedom, and fundamental human rights, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Here Valenti offers the language to talk about abortion with confidence and the facts to persuade the people in your life, so that the next time someone tells you "abortion is murder" or that women get abortions "for birth control," you'll know what to say, and the sources to reference. Because the truth is, American voters overwhelmingly support abortion rights and have for decades. And since Roe was overturned, that support has been growing by the day, as nearly 70% of Americans say abortion should be legal in the first three months of pregnancy, and 63% want abortion medication to be legal.
This election year, abortion is among the key tools conservatives are using to rollback decades of advances for women, but here Valenti arms readers with the truth we need to fight back and win, not only at the dinner table, but at the polling station, and all the way to the Supreme Court. Since the monumental Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, countless people, young women especially, who care deeply about bodily autonomy have been left without the words to voice their frustration and outrage, worried they sound stupid, or that they're going to be talked over or diminished. Whether you're nervous to talk about abortion or if you've been an activist your whole life, Abortion cuts through the noise and offers readers the truth: that women-our choices, our bodies, our lives-matter, and we're not going to stop until we are heard.
