One of the world's leading abortion scholars, Dr. Grimes chronicles the public health story of legal abortion in America and the dangers women face at the mercy of state laws restricting access to care. You'll find the book packed with facts and figures the support both the morality and the medical importance of safe, legal abortion. Anti-abortion claims about safety and long-term effects are refuted with the most recent, credible data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guttmacher Institute, and peer-reviewed literature. Rather than just reporting facts, it also presents the deeply personal, often tragic, stories of women whose lives were bettered by access to safe, compassionate abortion care. The book is a must-read for anyone concerned with women's health and reproductive rights.