Abortion and Common Sense

About the Book

ABORTION & COMMON SENSE cuts through the rhetoric and misinformation surrounding the abortion debate to look at the facts. Four of every ten women in the United States will have at least one abortion in their lifetimes. Worldwide, 46 million women terminate their pregnancies every year, some safely, some dangerously. Demonstrating that placing arbitrary restrictions on girls’ and women’s access to safe early abortion is illogical, unworkable, and unfair, the authors urge that the humane treatment of problem pregnancies be integrated into health and family planning programs as a routine element of good medical care and of an equitable and rational social policy. Sampling of reviews: "...a near-perfect primer on reproductive health and policy issues ... accessible to the lay public" [Conscience: A NewsJournal of Catholic Opinion] "For the helping professional, the information and perspectives presented are invaluable" [Cognica: Canadian Counselling Association] "I would hope that every medical student has the opportunity to read this [book]" [Wendy Savage, British Medical Women´s Federation] "...balanced and well-researched, with global and culturally sensitive perspectives" [Journal of the American Board of Family Practice] "...[an] extremely well organized, very readable, well argued, and well supported resource..." [CHOICE: Journal of the American Library Association]

About the Author

Ruth Dixon-Mueller is the author of numerous publications in women’s rights and reproductive health, including Population Policy and Women’s Rights: Transforming Reproductive Choice and Rural Women at Work: Strategies for Development in South Asia. Formerly Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, she now lives in Costa Rica. Paul K. B. Dagg, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada), is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa and Director of Clinical Services at the Royal Ottawa Hospital. His publications include articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry, International Psychiatry Today, and the American Journal of Psychotherapy.