This vivid account by a nationally prominent doctor reports the daily challenges of offering and receiving abortion services in a volatile political and social atmosphere. In stories from the front lines-from protecting patients and staff from protesters- attacks to the dangers to women of restricted access to abortion services, and the pertinent findings of his remote research in Latin America, Hern-s book is strikingly detailed just as it exposes the needs of women and the U. S. national interest. Dr. Hern-an abortion specialist, researcher, scholar, and highly visible public advocate--shows how abortion saves women-s lives given the many risks that arise during pregnancy-remarkably more than most people realize. He points to political and national solutions to reverse a reawakened crisis that now threatens democracy. Throughout the book, Dr. Hern shows how the current emergency was largely created by political actors who have exploited and distorted the abo
