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"In Access, we meet a cast of brave, bold, and unforgettable women: the founders of the Jane Collective, a group of anonymous providers working clandestinely between Chicago apartments to perform abortions in the pre-Roe years; the originators and leaders of the abortion fund movement; Verónica Cruz Sánchez, a Mexican activist who works to support self-managed abortion with pills and fights to free women targeted by the criminalization of abortion; and Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch doctor who realized that there is one place abortion bans cannot reach--international waters. Post-Dobbs, activist groups have once again stepped up and put themselves on the line to resist. Building on the work of their feminist forebearers and international allies, they are charting new pathways for access in the face of unprecedented acts to subjugate and control half of America's population. Working aboveground, underground, and in legal gray areas, they've helped people travel across state lines for care, established telehealth practices, and formed community networks to distribute pills for free to people who need them. Drawing on expert research and investigative reporting ... Access celebrates the bravery, ingenuity, and determination of women across the decades who have fought for a fundamental human right--and serves as an inspiring rallying cry for the work that lies ahead"-- Provided by publisher.
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Foreword: Brooklyn, New York, 2015 -- Prologue: New York City, 1845 -- Part one: Witchy women. San Francisco, California, 1966 ; Chicago, Illinois, 1968 ; Los Angeles, California, 1972 ; Washington, D.C., 1976 ; St. Louis, Missouri, 1986 ; Paris, France, 1988 -- Part two: Rebel girls. Dublin, Ireland, 2001 ; Guanajuato, Mexico, 2000 ; Wladyslawowo, Poland, 2003 ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004 ; Guanajuato, Mexico, 2006 ; Austin, Texas, 2013 ; Washington, D.C., 2016 ; Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017 ; The Internet, 2017 ; Republic of Ireland, 2018 -- Part three: Gifts and curses. Denton, Texas, 2020 ; Waskom, Texas, 2021 ; Denton, Texas, 2022 ; The eye of the storm, 2022 ; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2022 ; Undisclosed location in the American South, 2022 ; New Delhi, India, 2022 ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2023 ; Amarillo, Texas, 2023 ; Everything, everywhere, all at once, 2024 -- Afterword.
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