David S. Cohen is Professor of Law at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law in Philadelphia and is the coauthor of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism (2015).Carole Joffe is Professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and is the author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars (2010) and several other books on abortion provision.

• 1. Introduction: The Turbulent State of Abortion in America2. Making the Decision: Coping with Roadblocks, Deception, and Lies3. Finding and Getting to a Clinic: Hard to Find, Harder to Reach4. Coming Up With the Money: The Biggest Barrier5. Getting In: Chaos at the Clinic Door6. Counseling at the Clinic: Government-Mandated Deceit7. Waiting Periods: Logistical Nightmares, Potentially Serious Delays8. The Procedure: Politics Overrides Medical Expertise9. An Alternate Vision: Abortion as Normal Health CareNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

"The authors present the actual experience [of abortion], and in doing so reveal the courage, intelligence and determination of patients, often dismissed as confused or selfish, and providers, often attacked as heartless and greedy."

David S. Cohen is Professor of Law at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law in Philadelphia and is the coauthor of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism (2015).Carole Joffe is Professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and is the author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars (2010) and several other books on abortion provision.

• 1. Introduction: The Turbulent State of Abortion in America2. Making the Decision: Coping with Roadblocks, Deception, and Lies3. Finding and Getting to a Clinic: Hard to Find, Harder to Reach4. Coming Up With the Money: The Biggest Barrier5. Getting In: Chaos at the Clinic Door6. Counseling at the Clinic: Government-Mandated Deceit7. Waiting Periods: Logistical Nightmares, Potentially Serious Delays8. The Procedure: Politics Overrides Medical Expertise9. An Alternate Vision: Abortion as Normal Health CareNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

"The authors present the actual experience [of abortion], and in doing so reveal the courage, intelligence and determination of patients, often dismissed as confused or selfish, and providers, often attacked as heartless and greedy."

David S. Cohen is Professor of Law at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law in Philadelphia and is the coauthor of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism (2015).Carole Joffe is Professor in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and is the author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars (2010) and several other books on abortion provision.

• 1. Introduction: The Turbulent State of Abortion in America2. Making the Decision: Coping with Roadblocks, Deception, and Lies3. Finding and Getting to a Clinic: Hard to Find, Harder to Reach4. Coming Up With the Money: The Biggest Barrier5. Getting In: Chaos at the Clinic Door6. Counseling at the Clinic: Government-Mandated Deceit7. Waiting Periods: Logistical Nightmares, Potentially Serious Delays8. The Procedure: Politics Overrides Medical Expertise9. An Alternate Vision: Abortion as Normal Health CareNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

"The authors present the actual experience [of abortion], and in doing so reveal the courage, intelligence and determination of patients, often dismissed as confused or selfish, and providers, often attacked as heartless and greedy."