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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center -- a women's reproductive health services clinic -- its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful debut novel inspired by true stories, three women's lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother's love, and a secret network of people fighting for the right to choose. 2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession, she is determined to find the intended recipient. Her search takes her back to the 1970s when a group of daring women operated an illegal underground abortion...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But over the last few years, Shah decided it was time to be direct. I'm an abortion provider, she will now say. And an interesting thing started to happen each time she met someone new. One by one, people would confide at barbecues, at jury duty, in the middle of the greeting card aisle at Target that in fact they'd had an abortion...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Abortion remains one of the divisive issues in America, with inflammatory rhetoric from both pro-choice and pro-life groups. Chapters in this update of Greenhaven's 1995 anthology include: Is Abortion Immoral? Should Abortion Rights Be Protected or Restricted? Should Women Have Greater Access to Abortion? Should Protesters Target Abortion Clinics and Providers?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.
9) Abortion
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Opposing Viewpoints: Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"In this updated anthology, the Catholic Bishops of the United States, John M. Swomley, Naomi Wolf, and others debate the following issues: Is Abortion Immoral? Should Abortion Rights Be Restricted? Can Abortion Be Justified? Is Abortion Safe?"--Amazon.com.
13) Abortion
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Presents a series of narrative essays from a variety of viewpoints, discussing the personal experiences of women who have either considered or had an abortion, and providing accounts from professionals and activists who are involved in the issue.
Author
Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Abortion is a contentious issue in social life but it has rarely been subjected to careful scrutiny in the social sciences. While the legalization of abortion has brought it into the public domain, it still remains a sensitive topic in many cultures, often hidden from view and rarely spoken about, consigned to a shadowy existence.
20) Abortion
Author
Series
Publisher
Chrysalis Education
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
