"Irin Carmon was eight months pregnant when the Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, unleashing pain and suffering on those who didn't want to be pregnant and, shockingly to some, on those who did. What was clear to Carmon from her dozen years of reporting--and from what she felt in her bones--was how incomplete the American story of reproduction had been, and how much had been unexpressed, hidden, or taken for granted--not just by conservative justices or in red states. Grounded in history and journalism, Unbearable tells this deeper story, going beyond the headlines and any one experience or choice. It introduces us to Maggie, Christine, Hali, Yashica, and Alison, five women navigating pregnancy care in red and blue states--from that first positive pregnancy test through joy, loss, and the unforeseen. In a country that is at best indifferent and at worst willfully cruel, Carmon centers the brave and outnumbered people fighting to make it better"-- Dust jacket flap.
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