Reproductive Rights Reading List

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The Family Roe: An American Story
Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know
Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America
Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom
No Real Choice: How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive Autonomy
The Girls Who Went Away The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement before Roe v. Wade
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973
Women Against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century
Abortion after Roe (Studies in Social Medicine)
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction
After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate
Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
Clinician's Guide to LGBTQIA+ Care: Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Primary, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support

Nearly fifty years ago, in 1973, the Supreme Court legalized the right to abortion access through Roe v. Wade. This past June, the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling.

To learn more about this very current event, the Durham Tech Library has developed an informational reading list on the history of abortion in America, the Roe v. Wade ruling, and resources about women's health and health care, abortion, and reproductive rights.

Click through to explore our resources and learn more for yourself.

Here is another reading lists for consideration: Bustle's The History Of Reproductive Rights In The U.S., As Told Through 15 Books.

Additional resources to explore this topic:
ReproductiveRights.gov: Website created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide free information about about access to and coverage of reproductive health care and resources.

ACLU: Reproductive Freedom: Website of the American Civil Liberties Union with links to press releases, news and commentary, cases, reports, podcast episodes, and more about reproductive rights and health care.

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