{"product_id":"when-abortion-was-a-crime-women-medicine-and-law-in-the-united-states-1867-1973-with-a-new-preface-9780520387416","title":"When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973, with a New Preface","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of abortion in the United States, with a new preface that equips readers for what's to come.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Abortion Was a Crime\u003c\/i\u003e is the must-read book on abortion history. Originally published ahead of the thirtieth anniversary of \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, this award-winning study was the first to examine the entire period during which abortion was illegal in the United States, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and ending with that monumental case in 1973. \u003ci\u003eWhen Abortion Was a Crime\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with intimate stories and nuanced analysis, demonstrating how abortion was criminalized and policed--and how millions of women sought abortions regardless of the law. With this edition, Leslie J. Reagan provides a new preface that addresses the dangerous and ongoing threats to abortion access across the country, and the precarity of our current moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While abortions have typically been portrayed as grim \"back alley\" operations, this deeply researched history confirms that many abortion providers--including physicians--practiced openly and safely, despite prohibitions by the state and the American Medical Association. Women could find cooperative and reliable practitioners; but prosecution, public humiliation, loss of privacy, and inferior medical care were a constant threat. Reagan's analysis of previously untapped sources, including inquest records and trial transcripts, shows the fragility of patient rights and raises provocative questions about the relationship between medicine and law. With the right to abortion increasingly under attack, this book remains the definitive history of abortion in the United States, offering vital lessons for every American concerned with health care, civil liberties, and personal and sexual freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie J. Reagan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History, Law, Gender and Women's Studies, and Media Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eDangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America\u003c\/i\u003e and public intellectual, Reagan has written for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared on numerous national and international media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, CBC Radio, and NPR. She is currently completing \u003ci\u003eToxic Legacies: Agent Orange in the United States \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Vietnam.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727009517842,"sku":"9780520387416","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b183f96-0775-4915-8afe-e029b799f99f.jpg?v=1734890157","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-abortion-was-a-crime-women-medicine-and-law-in-the-united-states-1867-1973-with-a-new-preface-9780520387416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}