Abortion Books

Mary Ann Glendon tackles a very difficult task with great care and precision - she attempts to engage in a conversation about two very emotional and complex subjects which usually find people either at polar extremes from one another or completely ambivalent and ignorant of the real discussion at hand - these two issues are abortion and divorce. To embark on this conversation, Glendon suggests that we consider not how America has addressed these issues, but rather how the rest of the Western world has done so through their laws and regulations - and she does so with great precision.

Would you be surprised to discover that the United States has the most liberal laws regarding both the regulation of abortion and the application of divorce in the entire western world?! I was. But Glendon doesn't just stop with the comparison, she seeks to examine how and why this situation exists and it is through her careful examination that one can learn how to better address and speak to these complex and controversial subjects here in America.

The book is not an easy read, but I believe it is an important read for everyone wanting to not merely understand the current situation of abortion and divorce on demand, but also wish to change the present landscape on these issues. Glendon realizes that changing any one law isn't going to change the perception or attitude of an entire country, but she does realize that something must be done and she seeks to better prepare and equip those entering into the fray with solid background information that can be used to advance much needed change in these areas.

Professor Glendon of the Harvard Law School is a rare voice of sanity, compassion and honesty in America's abortion debates. She is an especially rare voice within the legal academy. Glendon shows that America's abortion regime, set into place by the Supreme Court in its infamous Roe v. Wade ruling, is the most radical in the Western world. In the United States, the richest nation in the world, we have the least amount of legal protection for unborn children; to use Orwell's phrase, they are "unpersons" as far as our laws are concerned.

But Dr. Glendon's book is about much more than looking at comparative abortion laws. Glendon demonstrates that abortion laws are necessarily related to the provisions a society makes for vulnerable women and families facing difficult pregnancies. Glendon adopts a wholistic, communitarian-based approach to the issue of abortion, arguing that it is more a question of societal responsibilities than individual rights. Thus, the current rhetoric, especially popular on the "pro-choice" side, that posits a conflict of rights between mother and child, is very misguided ... and as we have witnessed, deadly to unborn children and damaging to the fabric of our society.

I believe Dr. Glendon's book represents a prophetic call to a new way of thinking about abortion, and our response to this tremendous national tragedy.

Mary Ann Glendon is among the most talented members of the faculty of the Harvard Law School, and this book is a detailed comparison of abortion and divorce laws in the major developed nations. Such a comparison leads to the conclusion that American law on these matters is the most extreme in the developed world. Glendon then argues that the peculiar extremity of our legal situation reflects the deficiencies of a constitutional order that places unprecedented importance on rights, a contention which is further developed in her book, Rights Talk. This book is very valuable in dispelling the notion that where we Americans stand with regard to abortion and divorce is simply consistent with the law of other Western nations.

Excellent little collection of articles that outlines not only why abortion should be legal and accessible, but also details the history of the fight for this right in both the US and Canada. The interview with Dr. Henry Morgentaler who helped spearhead this fight in Canada is touching and exciting. He explains how he just could no longer face turning women in need away, and then, how no Roman Catholic jury could be found that would convict him of breaking the law! José Pérez' answer to an anti-choice reader convincingly establishes the framework, not of women fighting ignorant men, but of social forces battling each other over very different futures for humanity. And he even includes an answer to the "overpopulation/underpopulation" red herring.

It's 2003 and people like me still have to give up a Saturday a month (or more) to help defend an abortion clinic in the USA. We still have to act as escorts so that women can exercise their right to a safe and legal abortion without running a gauntlet of "pro-lifers" wielding ghastly posters and religious icons. I thought of that as I read the small but powerful pamphlet, "Abortion is a Women's Right"; a collection of essays on this fundamental question.
This pocket-sized booklet is filled with excellent, well-developed arguments in defense of a woman's right to choose. In addition, there is an important interview with Dr. Henry Mogentaler, a pioneer fighter in defense of abortion in Canada in the 1970s. Among other things, the doctor, a Holocaust camp survivor, was imprisoned and beaten for his outspoken commitment to abortion rights. He talks about the way things were for women in the 1950s and why we must never go back. If you are looking for a condensed reading on the topic of abortion and women's rights, you can't go wrong in this purchase.

This great pamphlet was written back during the days of the fight to win what was promised in Roe V. Wade. It is needed now more than ever. There is no shilly shallying, or equivocation, no sensitivity to those who want to throttle women, and don't give a damn about living children here. Abortion is part of the right of women to their own humanity, to control their own bodies, to live their own lives, to free themselves of the idea they are baby making machines for some man, for some God, for some government, for someone else. Restrictions on it are a recent 19th and 20th Century capitalist affliction--before the late 19th century only rich people could afford safe abortions-- aimed at producing cannon fodder, and keeping women in their place.
Read this pamphlet and realize this is not a neutral issue. This right stands as the vanguard in the fight for women's rights against the sexism that is fundamental to society. This book explains how this fight fits into the total resistance of working people to the wars, economic crisis, and growing racism and sexism that characterizes capitalism today.

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This book tells you how they do the abortion.Some people fell guilty after they do it and if you want to know how to decide then read this book.The decision is yours but if you can't decide then read this book. It's great book to read and learn about abortion.

This book presents without any bias four sets of short essays (1-2 pgs.) representing all the major points of view on abortion. Whether you are pro-life, pro-choice, or one of the few that's in between, you will probably find someone in this book who agrees with you. At the end of each section is a list of further (more academic) suggested readings.

Great for young teens and young adults that are having a rough time deciding what to do about having the baby.This book tells you how they do the abortion.Some people fell guilty after they do it and if you want to know how to decide then read this book.The decision is yours but if you can't decide then read this book. It's great book to read and learn about abortion.

I feel the book gives an honest and easy read as to the many confusing and interrelated forces impacting on the abortion issue. I feel she included the male view point, pointing out that some men have very strong feelings on the issue and, sometimes, support the decision of the women and sometimes they don't.
An excellent view on the total picture of abortion and the support a woman needs when deciding to go forward.

It's hard to believe that a story like this could actually be non-fiction. We know that many suffered for civil rights; but so many of the other rights that we take for granted in 2006 also required "freedom fighters" willing to suffer an enormous personal toll for their beliefs.
This one of those stories. Not only is it fascinating to realize what was going on behind the scenes in the fight for reproductive rights; it's compelling reading to understand what one courageous woman actually did and endured on a personal level, to benefit so many.

I had just finished reading this gripping book and had placed it on the counter. My ninety-two year old mother who was visiting, picked it up while I was preparing dinner and read the introduction. She then remarked about how well she thought the book was written. I directed her to the personal stories in the book commenting on how riveting I found them. After reading a few she said, "These things really did happen you know. I remember my mother talking about a young woman she knew who died after having an illegal abortion." And, then my mom continued to reveal information to me about her own experiences with women she knew at work who sought to end unwanted pregnancies but had no place to go that was safe.
Having lived during a time when legal abortion was not available to women, my mom was acutely aware of the consequences of not being able to avail oneself of qualified medical personnel in such a situation.
"The A Word" reminds us all to continue the fight to keep safe and legal abortions available to all who choose to end their unwanted pregnancies through termination.

Assistant Professor of History at Georgia Tech Institute, Andrea Tome's recent work is a compilation of primary and secondary source documents from the ongoing reproductive rights battle. Although neither the research area nor the format is new, the methodology and delivery method is altogether new and refreshing.

Whereas such collections (being the mainstays of prudent public schools who want to balance their social issues collection in an attempt to ward off the censors) would normally strike me as being overly sanitized and academically useless in the post-secondary environment, this effort epitomized a well researched and conscientious work designed to get scholars and general public alike thinking AND talking with each other. The ultimate purpose of the compilation was to truly give the readers as much information as possible instead of intentionally/unintentionally censoring their natural information thirst.

In addition to already standard information on reproductive rights (primary source documents from landmark court cases and secondary articles from established researchers such as Petchesky), Tome includes interesting information which will be undoubtedly bizarre to many people who had previously considered themselves relatively educated on the issues.

Because I had only previously heard the term `Lysol douche' in reference to illegal abortion, and knew (for example) wire coat hanger manufacturers did not encourage alternate uses of their product in open advertisement, I was completely dumfounded to discover the Lysol company formally encouraged women to apply the substance upon their `delicate membranes' until the 1960's. I have not personally met anybody who admits to this procedure, and am not sure I would really like to either.

Contraceptive advertising restrictions only allowed companies to address such issues in terms of `feminine hygiene' and the company (smelling desperation and fear) exploited the climate, and American society's imminent trust in science. After all, if a `prominent' European female physician was enthusiastic about the substance herself, you knew it had to be good stuff.

Ironically later research by others proved the people in such copy were merely actors hawking the company's products and there was no concentration which the disinfectant was considered safe for intimate cleansing. Douching also paradoxically increased conception chances by washing the sperm into places where it could fertilize the egg and/or drastically alter the body's natural Ph balance.

Like the aforementioned advertisement, any perspective of reproductive history (reflecting the issue itself) is fraught with double meanings and dubious contexts. Because it forces consciousness the American ideals of freedom and democracy have not always accepted women (and some would argue continue to do so) the historical evidence is often hotly contested---especially by those classified as anti-abortion.

Another distinguishing feature of Tome's volume includes the voices of those opposed to reproductive rights. Innately easier for both sides to only include those perspective with which they only agree, the inclusion is a serious step in expanding policy arguments. Still despising what they stand for, I am now able to dissect their own words and place the arguments more firmly in tandem with a specified time.

Conversely because even `progressive' voices are as much a product of their time as more conventional voices in an issue debate, it is dangerously absurd to presume the arguments for either side are timeless. Unlike the 19th century feminists who campaigned against abortion, medical surgery is now antiseptic in America and the infections which do arise are proactively treated with antibiotics. Were these same women alive today, they could just as easily be taking up the banner (as did Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger who originally campaigned against abortion from her experiences treating illegally-induced complications) and revering their courses.

Assistant Professor of History at Georgia Tech Institute, Andrea Tome's recent work is a compilation of primary and secondary source documents from the ongoing reproductive rights battle. Although neither the research area nor the format is new, the methodology and delivery method is altogether new and refreshing.

Whereas such collections (being the mainstays of prudent public schools who want to balance their social issues collection in an attempt to ward off the censors) would normally strike me as being overly sanitized and academically useless in the post-secondary environment, this effort epitomized a well researched and conscientious work designed to get scholars and general public alike thinking AND talking with each other. The ultimate purpose of the compilation was to truly give the readers as much information as possible instead of intentionally/unintentionally censoring their natural information thirst.

In addition to already standard information on reproductive rights (primary source documents from landmark court cases and secondary articles from established researchers such as Petchesky), Tome includes interesting information which will be undoubtedly bizarre to many people who had previously considered themselves relatively educated on the issues.

Because I had only previously heard the term `Lysol douche' in reference to illegal abortion, and knew (for example) wire coat hanger manufacturers did not encourage alternate uses of their product in open advertisement, I was completely dumfounded to discover the Lysol company formally encouraged women to apply the substance upon their `delicate membranes' until the 1960's. I have not personally met anybody who admits to this procedure, and am not sure I would really like to either.

Contraceptive advertising restrictions only allowed companies to address such issues in terms of `feminine hygiene' and the company (smelling desperation and fear) exploited the climate, and American society's imminent trust in science. After all, if a `prominent' European female physician was enthusiastic about the substance herself, you knew it had to be good stuff.

Ironically later research by others proved the people in such copy were merely actors hawking the company's products and there was no concentration which the disinfectant was considered safe for intimate cleansing. Douching also paradoxically increased conception chances by washing the sperm into places where it could fertilize the egg and/or drastically alter the body's natural Ph balance.

Like the aforementioned advertisement, any perspective of reproductive history (reflecting the issue itself) is fraught with double meanings and dubious contexts. Because it forces consciousness the American ideals of freedom and democracy have not always accepted women (and some would argue continue to do so) the historical evidence is often hotly contested---especially by those classified as anti-abortion.

Another distinguishing feature of Tome's volume includes the voices of those opposed to reproductive rights. Innately easier for both sides to only include those perspective with which they only agree, the inclusion is a serious step in expanding policy arguments. Still despising what they stand for, I am now able to dissect their own words and place the arguments more firmly in tandem with a specified time.

Conversely because even `progressive' voices are as much a product of their time as more conventional voices in an issue debate, it is dangerously absurd to presume the arguments for either side are timeless. Unlike the 19th century feminists who campaigned against abortion, medical surgery is now antiseptic in America and the infections which do arise are proactively treated with antibiotics. Were these same women alive today, they could just as easily be taking up the banner (as did Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger who originally campaigned against abortion from her experiences treating illegally-induced complications) and revering their courses.

I am in Dr. Tone's class at Georgia Tech and when I first realized that she had her own book on the required reading list I was not looking forward to it. I could not have been more wrong when I thought this would be another dry approach at something that could be enthralling. This is enthralling! This was a completely new world for me. The articles in this book opened my eyes to ideas and thoughts that will play a part in my life forever. The articles are not at all boring or dry-they are all enlightening. If you are grappling with issues that you feel you need to take a stand on then this is the book that will pull you onto the train!

The work describes constitutional issues considered by the
United States Supreme Court over the past 200 years. Judicial
power has been exercised in the following types of situations:

- disputes between citizens of different states

- appellate jurisdiction of law and fact

- the 14th amendment requiring that no state should enforce
laws abridging the rights of citizens nor deny equal
protection under the laws

- the Supreme Court may balance or weigh state powers as against
individual rights

- strict scrutiny utilizes a rational basis or relationship test

- important criteria include whether or not an important
government objective is served or the issue at bar is
substantially encompassed by the governmental objective

- there is a right to sue when injured by a private person
in the common law

- there is an implied constitutional right of action

- federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of age,
medical condition and physical handicap according to the
American Disabilities Act of 1990.

This work will appeal to a very wide constituency of legal
scholars, American History enthusiasts and others in academia.

Professor Lieberman teaches Constitutional Law at New York Law School. I was privileged to study under him in 1998. He is an immensely knowledgeable man with an unmatched talent for clarity of communication. I am pleased to be able to recommend this book to all readers. For further insight regarding our highest court, I also recommend New York Law School's Dean Harry H. Wellington's very fine book, Interpreting the Constitution: The Supreme Court and the Process of Adjudication.

The bulk of A Practical Companion to the Constitution is in dictionary form and provides throrough but concise accessible explanations of the key concepts and terms of art of constitutional analysis. Each entry is also cross-referenced with other related concepts and definitions to aid the reader in fully understanding the concepts discussed. Professor Lieberman also places each entry into a historical context so that the reader may trace the development of doctrines and concepts and understand not only where a doctrine originated but where the state of the law or doctrine stands today. For example, under the entry for "Incorporation Doctrine," Professor Lieberman provides us with a brief explanation of the concept, and then traces the concept through its history and application. At the end of the entry, we find a list of which amendments have been incorporated onto the states, the rights implicated in the incorporation, and the year the amendment was incorporated. Indeed, I was most impressed with how Professor Lieberman has throughout the book explained the abstract concepts of Fourteenth Amendment analysis into easily understandable terms without oversimplifying or doing violence to the concepts. Other sections of the book provide summaries of the cannons of constitutional interpretation so that the reader has a basic understanding of the tools of textual interpretation. Finally, Professor Lieberman provides a thorough table of cases and brief biographical sketches of the justices who have served on the Supreme Court. I give this reference book my highest recommendation. It is a must for law students. It is an excellent resource for lawyers looking for the vocabulary to explain in accessible terms the abstractions of constitutional analysis. It is invaluable for the non-lawyer seeking to understand better the constitution.

If you have ever read even one book or short story by Ellen Gilchrist, then you have had a special experience that will never leave you. She is simply unique--there is absolutely nobody else like her.

This collection of short stories, which span several decades in no particular order, are full of heart-rending, exquisitely written, slices of life that have such pathos, such reality, such a truly human essence, that we can even love Rhoda Manning's Daddy, who is a racist to the extreme. Impossible, you say? Yes, with any other author, it would be impossible, it would be repugnant. But it is not...not that we FORGIVE him, but we see him through the loving eyes of his daughter from the age of 5 well into adulthood.

Other stories cover a wide range of different experiences including, eerily, a story about Middle Eastern terrorists who plan to murder several people on their leader's request. Gilchrist explains at the end of the book that this story was written BEFORE 9/11, which is truly scary. She had no clue that something REAL would happen. The difference is that in her story, there is a happy ending.

Rhoda Manning loves her daddy. She invariably disobeys him, but she loves him as a five-year-old in the first story of this collection, getting in trouble with a gun. She still loves him as a 60-year-old, getting in trouble climbing a tree to retrieve a golden bough so she can descend into the underworld and commune with him. Along the way we too get to know her daddy, Big Dudley. In one story, he takes charge of her wayward, pot-smoking teenaged sons in 1970s New Orleans. In another, he ups and moves to Wyoming and teaches the whole family to ski. In yet another, he sends middle-aged, newly sober Rhoda down the Wind River with her 12-year-old son in a canoe. He's frequently racist, often stubborn, but he's also fiercely protective, forceful, strong, and sensible. "He was always turning out to be right, and when we abandoned the clear paths he wanted us to travel we were always sorry."

Ellen Gilchrist fans may have some trouble recognizing this older, wiser Rhoda Manning, but underneath the sobriety and wisdom, our favorite smart aleck still holds court. "Watch nature videos. See who rules a group of chimpanzees and why. Then decide if you want your president to keep it zipped." Charmed as ever by Ms. Gilchrist's easy, droll storytelling, I realized that getting to know Rhoda over the years in these bite-sized vignettes makes Rhoda seem more alive and genuine than she would if I read an entire novel about her. This way we learn about her in bits and pieces, over time, the way we learn about people in real life.

There are Rhoda-less stories, too. One of them is sufficiently prescient of the events of September 11, 2001, that the author notes in a foreword that it was written in the fall of 2000. That particular piece features new characters, but the last story is in the voice of Traceleen, one of my longtime favorite Gilchrist creations. A former maid and current friend of a white woman she still calls "Miss Crystal," the Creole Traceleen now studies yoga and Buddhism. These disciplines stand her in good stead as she confronts the nanny her niece has hired for her precious grandnieces and, later, this nanny's drug-crazed boyfriend. I've always loved Traceleen because she's so dignified and serious, such a wonderful counterpoint to the crazy, selfish behavior of her rich employers. "I sighed. Once again lack of understanding had caused a problem. Could I find a way to set things right? It would have to begin in my own heart, as Jesus taught and I sometimes know."

These stories often have a fairy tale quality about them, and Ms. Gilchrist dispenses the lessons subtly and gently. There is real wisdom here, in simple, conversational prose. It's gratifying to see these characters settling down, to learn what they've learned. "Why in the name of God after all these years have I decided this is funny? Because everyone lived through it. Because no one died or was maimed or had their lives ruined."

Nearly everyone in these stories is well-off, and some are very rich. The women are gorgeous and talented, if sometimes troubled by men, children, diet pills, Arab terrorists, and unwanted pregnancy. If I had one tiny quibble, I'd like to see what Ms. Gilchrist would do with more ordinary characters --- those of us not so rich and not so beautiful. But that's not a flaw --- merely curiosity stimulated by a mature writer at the top of her form.

--- Reviewed by Eileen Zimmerman Nicol (ezn1@aol.com)

Rhoda Manning is five years old when readers meet this recurring character in this collection of short stories by award-winning author Ellen Gilchrist. Rhoda Manning owns the stories and reveals them as a five year old child in the title story.

She also reveals herself as a mature adult and divorced mother of three and as an elderly woman clinging to all that is good from the past. Parents of teens will have no problem identifying with Rhoda's tale of woe as she parents three teenage boys who are wreckless and wild, spending their days crafting ways to defy their mother and their authoritarian grandfather.

It is a tale of pot and lies and the overwhelming job of parenting in the 70's. The brash and bold Rhoda is almost equaled by another Gilchrist regular, Nora Jane Harwood.

In this tale written prior to September 11, the protagonist finds herself in the locker room of an athletic club in Berkley, Ca when an earthquake jolts Nora and her two year old, Little Freddy. ...

...This is a story that ends too soon with characters so real you want them to live on.

Another story, "The Abortion", Gilchrist's characters reveal their courage and character ...

Gilchrist's stories and characters are above all else real. Their trials and tribulations are woven loosely in some cases, but always with an echo of familiarity.

Jailhouse Journal of an OB/GYN

Jailhouse Journal of an OB/GYN" is a good read. Bruce Steir's life narrative covers stories of inspiration, charity, stupidity, desperation, children, race relations, ethics, American military culture, privilege, poverty, jail house villians, hypocrisy, Cuba,and even Rocky Marciano.

Bruce Steir was a skilled physician, and a certified OB/GYN who served many years in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. He delivered thousands of healthy babies and he also provided abortion services to tens of thousands of women who needed a safe abortion. Bruce Steir was demonized by anti-choice activists. (Incredibly, we find these people also occasionally showed up in his offices seeking abortion services!) Because of the tragic death of a woman after an abortion he performed, the State of California brought Dr. Steir to trial, and convicted him in the politically charged and turbulent whirlwind of anti-choice America.

Whether you are pro-choice or anti-choice you should read Bruce Steir's book "Jailhouse Journal of an OB/GYN". I would even recommend it as a required reading and discussion book for high school students because it covers so many subjects relevant to today's society. The book does go into some medical terminology, descriptions, and procedures but not too heavily. After all, Dr. Steir is writing about a subject we have all been close to - human reproduction.

During the buildup to Dr. Stier's trial, I was asked to review all the documents that his defense attorneys could supply me and possibly to testify on his behalf if called to do so. Not knowing anything about Dr. Stier or the event, other than what I had read in the newspapers, and with an open mind, I did read all the evidence that had been obtained to that time by the defence. It was a compelling story.

As a long time abortion care giver in my private obgyn practice, I, like most of us doing this work, am as anxious to rid my profession of bad practitioners as I am to defend good doctors who are being railroaded by incompetent plaintiff's attorneys or by bad prosecutors, and this is the attitude I carried into my review of Dr. Stier's case. I was willing and interested in letting the chips fall where they might.

After reading all the medical records and Dr. Stier's statement, it was obvious to me that he was being railroaded by the California State Medical Board, an incompetent and poorly informed "expert" witness for the prosecution, a misinformed pathologist, and a scared and detestable presecuting attorney calling himself a prosecutor.

However, I still knew nothing about Dr. Stier's life story before he was accused of murdering his patient.

After reading all the documents, I was more than willing to testify for Dr. Stier. I explained why I felt Dr. Stier was being falsely accused and identified the areas of bad information provided by the "experts" and exactly why it was bad information. I offered to come to California and testify for Dr. Stier for free and pay my own way. I felt that strongly about it.

A few weeks later, I was shocked to hear that Dr. Stier had accepted a plea bargain that would end up with him being sent to jail and losing his medical license. I was glad to read his book which explained his life prior to his days of infamy and why he "coped the plea."

Dr. Stier was railroaded and, while traveling on that short line, received extremely poor "conductors" advice from his legal council. And he was terrified, for good reason, of being sent to prison for the rest of his life.

Dr. Stier's story is a cautionary tale for every young doctor entering practice and considering providing abortion care in this currently religious fundamentalist dominated society that has become our United States of America.

While Mexico's Supreme court just affirmed a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion, and much of South and Central America is reconsidering their punitive antiabortion laws, our country is going backwards. And now once again, one of our two major parties is fielding a slate of candidates who would work hard to reverse Roe v. Wade and send our girls and women and their families back to the stone ages.

I just wrote a review of Dr. Ken Edelin's book, BROKEN JUSTICE. And this is another in this genre, with a much less happy ending.

I teach medical student members of Medical Students for Choice several times a year how to provide safe, gentle and relatively painfree first trimester abortions. But I never paint a rosie picture of how easy it is to provide this service in the ral world. As Dr. Stier' and Dr. Edelin's books demonstate, there are very real dangers lying in wait for some of them, and not just from the insane killers shooting doctors and blowing up their buildings and attacking their employees, patients and families.

Written on a topic that others shun, either to read or to experience, OB/GYN Bruce Steir speaks candidly and in heartfelt terms about how his services provided greatly needed assistance to many women. His dedication to "...all the women who have exercised their right to reproductive choices are to their daughters and granddaughters that their rights will continue to be honored" resonates--today, expecially.

I hope every woman who has had to deal with this issue in one way or the other will read the book...and hopefully, the men in their lives, as well.

"Let Every Child Be Wanted" is an excellent book in story telling and history reviewing on world's contraceptives social marketing. Besides its vivid and detailed description of many interesting events, it is also a classic textbook on the development, the principles and the practice of the social marketing programs. This is a great book not only for those social marketing pros, but also I believe sales/marketing people, entrepreneurs, health professionals, social workers, government officials and even recreactional readers will find it very interesting and beneficial. I enjoy reading it very much.

Clear, concise, insightful with lots of anecdotes, "Let Every Child Be Wanted" is a book that I couldn't put down until finished. I recommend it highly!

If you are interested in social marketing, HIV prevention, or family planning (as I am), this book is a late night page turner. It contains plenty of description and discussion on the practical and concrete side of actually running a program - a must for anyone in the field - as well as a colorful history on social marketing. However, it goes beyond that to answer some of the academic debate on cost effectiveness, program efficiencies, and issues such as pricing, measuring results, and social marketing "models." Most of all, this book had me laughing out loud with anecdotal stories of Bangladeshi Presidents requesting that condom signs be taken down, descriptions of rotating heart-shaped waterbeds in the Philippines, and stories about condoms from around the world. A social marketing Bible.

As A 27yr.old Women who has had two(2)natural abortions and who has deliverd numerous"STILLBORN" babies(spritually). I must admit this book has not only changed my life, but my mind set about forgiving myself. As women in the chruch there are so many people that are afraid to share there testomoines,and because of that, there are millions of women and men across the globe that will perish form a lack of knowledege. This book not only shares an experice, but offers you away to experice the thought of "DESTINY". YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE SRIRITUAL CHILD IN YOU MUST BE BORN. I know this book will help you if you are being tormented because of a abortion, or even if you have given birth to a child or ministry, but its not fully developed yet.Get this book and Glean from the revelation for you future. Theres hope, understanding, and mostly theres away to be healed in this book. This book has truly enriched my life and others I have shared it with.Don't miss the opportunity to invest in your deliveance, and HEALING .

This book is a must read. Lorna Wren allowed God to use her in such a way that all women can relate in some form or fashion. Naked and not ashamed she reveals her pain, not just her pain but the pain of so many women in the house of God and out of the house of God.

I was very impressed with her book for many different reasons. Lorna addresses some very real issues that arise in the church. Pregnancy and abortions are a underground tunnel that seems to have no end. Even though she comes from a natural metaphor there are some very serious spiritual implications. I myself have aborted some spiritual babies myself and felt very dead inside. I had no one to tell me how to handle my baby or even nurture it. God has sent forth much healing through this book, and I also believe that there will be many more healings that will take place around the world. From a prophetic perspective Mrs. Wren has foreseen a coming of the next move of God in the Apostolic and Prophetic. It is imperative to be free from such horrific issues of the past and to face them upfront because if we don't face them the devil will expose them for us ( in this next move ). I'm very proud of this writing and I pray that she will come with the sequel very soon. It is very easy to read and heartfelt, I like her realness. I'm of the persuasion that God can't use anybody who refuses to be real and share with the hurting that We've been hurting to you're not alone. Even though this book would appear to be for women, I charge and urge every man that has a relationship with God to allow this book to minister to them. It will also teach us the importance of pushing our spouses into purpose and support them in what God has called them to do and not be jealous of them. I'm a man and this book touched the very core of my spirit and my being. If you haven't lost,aborted, or miscarried any natural children check out the spiritual one's. According to Mrs. Wren we're going to have to answer to God either way. I applaud her.

Thank you