Robin Stevenson

This nonfiction book for teens examines the ongoing fight for abortion rights and reproductive justice.

The Fight for Abortion Rights

My Body My Choice

Geneviève Rouleau

NETGALLEY ARC (all thoughts are my own) 

I am amazed by this book. It is SUCH a goldmine of information, and it's very easy to understand. The facts are based on so many statistics - it's obvious there is a LOT of research involved in the creation of this book. & there's even a glossary at the end! 😱 This book is so transinclusive, and the author recognizes the difference between the rights of white people and POC. So, to limit my word count, I'll just list important facts included in this book. They serve as great reminders! 

REMINDERS :
• Always keep in mind that these people who get abortions have one thing in common : they're pregnant and they don't want to be. That's ALL that matters
• Half of unplanned pregnancies occur while the person is using contraceptives
• Low income people often choose to terminate their pregnancies because of the lack of financial support/ressources. Or just because they don't want a baby too 🤷‍♀️
• Criminalizing abortions will never reduce the abortion rates. All it reduces are safe abortions
• Pro-lifers are so intent on saving lives, while they should invest their energy into ensuring these babies and their parents have a better quality of life 
• Teaching abstinence in schools only leads to more unsafe sex, instead of reducing the number of teens who have sex
• EVERYONE should have access to safe, legal, and accessible abortions, no matter their income, color, cultural background, gender, disabilities, etc. 

HISTORICAL FACTS :
• Abortion was criminalized in the 1800s to ensure that white women had more babies than POC = to remain the dominant population
• Abortions were more common in the 1800s than they are now
• Physicians (men) decided that abortions are morally wrong because the women depended on midwives and that's a bad thing because midwives were women back then, which undermined the male physicians' jobs
• White women had to fight for the right to legal sterilization while WOC were forcefully sterilized 
• It's not because abortions are legal, safe, and accessible in Quebec that it's the same in the (maritime) provinces (and I had no idea!)

My Body My Choice The Fight for Abortion Rights

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