Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America by Lauren Rankin. No Advance Reader Copy included. No affiliate links were used. Read my full disclosure policy here.
Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America by Lauren Rankin charts the fight for abortion rights in America through the eyes of abortion clinic escorts, abortion clinic defenders, and grassroots activists and organisers. Rankin is a former volunteer clinic escort at a New Jersey abortion clinic.
Rankin is clear-eyed in her assessment of anti-abortion groups tactics, which in the US included murdering abortion providers, and how they changed over time. Their changing tactics take into account legislative changes designed to end their harassment and intimidation of pregnant people seeking healthcare.
Bodies on the Line is a powerful tribute to the ordinary everyday people who continuously show up to ensure people access abortion care without facing intimidation from anti-abortion protesters. The hardback edition was published before SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, but the paperback includes a post-Roe update.
Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America by Lauren Rankin is published by Counterpoint and is available in hardback, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
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