book review
Child Abduction for Adoption and the Tangled Web of Deceit in Guatemala: A Review of Erin Siegal’s “Finding Fernanda”
January 31, 2012 - 10:05am (Print)
Because much of my research has focused on reforming intercountry adoption and most especially Guatemala, I opened Siegal’s “Finding Fernanda” cautiously. By the end of this captivating read, it is impossible to see Alvarado as anything but a strong and resilient woman who is determined to fight circumstances of poverty and oppression.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Turning 40, Going Global
by Gina Maranto, Ecosystem Science and Policy (University of Miami)
October 16, 2011 - 9:46pm (Print)
Born in Boston, Our Bodies, Ourselves has become an international force for women's rights.
The “Intimate Wars” of the Indomitable Merle Hoffman
by Marcy Bloom, GIRE
September 20, 2011 - 11:34am (Print)
There are many incredible stories about leaders in the women’s rights movement. This is one of them. Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom is a complex story that is moving, sobering, and should not be missed.
STOKING FIRE: Frank Schaeffer's New Book Takes Muddled and Condescending Approach to Abortion
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
June 16, 2011 - 9:54am (Print)
Schaeffer's latest book, Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics—and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press), continues to dissect fundamentalist belief systems.
New Feminist Books Offer Multifaceted Critique of Culture Wars
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
June 15, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
"Broken Justice" : Race, Abortion, and Misogyny
by Marcy Bloom, GIRE
March 18, 2008 - 8:31am (Print)
"Broken Justice: A True Story of Race, Sex and Revenge in a Boston Courtroom" -- the autobiography of a brave physician fighting for his freedom, career, and principles -- recounts an important part of reproductive justice history that may change the reader as much as it changed its author.
An Uncommon Life in an Uncommon War
by Marcy Bloom, GIRE
December 3, 2007 - 8:32am (Print)
There are many powerful war stories in our world. "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor" by Dr. Susan Wicklund is one of them.
"The Abstinence Teacher" Gets Schooled
by Nicole Summer, RH Reality Check
November 2, 2007 - 7:00am (Print)
Secularists and evangelicals attempt to divide and conquer suburbia in the biting new book, "The Abstinence Teacher" by Tom Perrotta. And divide they do.
