Annie the Book reviewed The Story of Jane by Laura Kaplan
The Story of Jane, by Laura Kaplan
3 stars
Until very recently, I lived in a country where I and every other uterus-haver had the right to choose to have an abortion (within certain limits). This isn’t to say that some pregnant people didn’t have to face financial, legal, and logistical challenges in getting an abortion but it was legal in all 50 states. Banning abortion doesn’t mean that abortion will go away. It just means that some pregnant people will have to risk their lives and freedom to hold control over their lives. I daresay that some people might follow the example of the Jane Collective, as recounted in former member Laura Kaplan’s book The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service, to help themselves and others secure safe abortions...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
