THE CLINIC

About the Book

Kathleen Erickson, M.D. works part time in THE CLINIC caring for young women whose needs range from counseling, to birth control, and to therapeutic abortion. Kathleen, a 38 year old widow with two children, is a very active pro-choice obstetrician and gynecologist. As such she receives many threats to her life, including a gunshot wound in the middle of the night. She is sued for malpractice after performing a legal therapeutic abortion. A charge of manslaughter is added when the plaintiff’s attorney discovers that all signed permits for the surgery have disappeared. The major frustration in her life is that of exposing a traitor, a Judas in THE CLINIC, whose hidden aim is to eliminate all abortion clinics by law or bombing. The final pages disclose this Judas as a most unlikely individual.

About the Author

Robert C. Jackson, M.D., F.C.O.G. is a retired specialist in obstetrics and gynecology and lives in Salem, Oregon. Many years in the private practice of his specialty gives him the background and experience to author THE CLINIC. He is closely associated with a lady, an artist, who tolerates his idiosyncrasies and makes life worth living, as do his four children. He has practiced obstetrics and gynecology through the era of criminal charges for anyone who performed abortions. He has also witnessed the legal turmoil before and after the U.S. Supreme Court passed Roe v Wade. The current resurgence of such confusion is possibly due to politics and politicians and has prompted the publication of this novel.