The Abortion Rights Movement Book

	Foreword	11
	Introduction: An Issue of Social Equality	13
Chapter 1	The Origins of the Abortion Movement in America
	Abortion in Early American Society	17
	African American Women's Activism	24
	The Birth Control and Abortion Movements Have a Shared Purpose	32
	Increased Birth Control May Not Diminish Demand for Abortion	38
Chapter 2	The Movement Fights to Preserve Abortion
	The Women's Movement Adopts the Abortion Issue	46
	Feminist Health Agencies Fight for Safe and Legal Access to Abortion	53
	An Abortion Activist Tells Her Story	60
	Abortion Is a Woman's Civil Right	66
	An Early Abortion Counseling Service Advertises Its Services	74
	Organizing Illegal Abortion Services: A First-Hand Account	78
	I Had an Illegal Abortion	85
Chapter 3	A Turning Point: Roe v. Wade and Its Aftermath
	I Won Roe v. Wade	96
	The Consequences of Roe v. Wade for Abortion Providers	111
Chapter 4	Abortion in the Twenty-First Century
	The Abortion Rights Movement Must Broaden Its Focus to Stay Viable	120
	Legal, Safe Abortions Remain Threatened	125
	March with Us	130
	Fighting the Government's Antiwoman Campaign	134
	The Abortion Rights Movement Will Remain Vital	138
	For Further Research	144
	Index	149