Aims to improve the American abortion debate, and to inspire more substantive private conversation about abortion~Brings statistics, philosophy, law, and headlines to life with personal stories of abortion patients and providers that give the reader a window into an otherwise hidden world~Provides unique access to the experiences and personal beliefs of abortion providers~Considers the deeper structural, cultural, and social issues that fuel contemporary political fights, by illuminating how language has framed and steered the abortion debate~Explains current US law on abortion in terms those outside the legal profession can easily understand, from US Supreme Court cases to state legislation