Her Body, Our Laws
Her Body, Our LawsMichelle Oberman
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Her Body, Our Laws

Her Body, Our Laws On the Front Lines of the Abortion War, from El Salvador to Oklahoma

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Drawing on her years of research in El Salvador-- the only country to ban abortion without exception-- Oberman explores what happens when a country makes ending a pregnancy a crime. She reveals the practical experiences of criminalizing abortion, such as selective enforcement, mistaken diagnoses, wrongful convictions, and a thriving black market in abortion drugs. She then turns her attention to Oklahoma, one of the most pro-life states, and reveals how abortion-related laws become incentives or penalties, nudging pregnant women in one direction or another. -- adapted from publisher info