Author: Joshua Prager Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393247724 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 448
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Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 "The scope is sweeping, the writing is beautiful. It’s an epic story worthy of the impact this one case has had on the American psyche." —Michel Martin, NPR "Stupendous…. If you want to understand Roe more deeply before the coming decision, read it." —Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal A masterpiece of reporting on the Supreme Court’s most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart. Despite her famous pseudonym, “Jane Roe,” no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1969 opened a great fracture in American life. Journalist Joshua Prager spent hundreds of hours with Norma, discovered her personal papers—a previously unseen trove—and witnessed her final moments. The Family Roe presents her life in full. Propelled by the crosscurrents of sex and religion, gender and class, it is a life that tells the story of abortion in America. Prager begins that story on the banks of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River where Norma was born, and where unplanned pregnancies upended generations of her forebears. A pregnancy then upended Norma’s life too, and the Dallas waitress became Jane Roe. Drawing on a decade of research, Prager reveals the woman behind the pseudonym, writing in novelistic detail of her unknown life from her time as a sex worker in Dallas, to her private thoughts on family and abortion, to her dealings with feminist and Christian leaders, to the three daughters she placed for adoption. Prager found those women, including the youngest—Baby Roe—now fifty years old. She shares her story in The Family Roe for the first time, from her tortured interactions with her birth mother, to her emotional first meeting with her sisters, to the burden that was uniquely hers from conception. The Family Roe abounds in such revelations—not only about Norma and her children but about the broader “family” connected to the case. Prager tells the stories of activists and bystanders alike whose lives intertwined with Roe. In particular, he introduces three figures as important as they are unknown: feminist lawyer Linda Coffee, who filed the original Texas lawsuit yet now lives in obscurity; Curtis Boyd, a former fundamentalist Christian, today a leading provider of third-trimester abortions; and Mildred Jefferson, the first black female Harvard Medical School graduate, who became a pro-life leader with great secrets. An epic work spanning fifty years of American history, The Family Roe will change the way you think about our enduring American divide: the right to choose or the right to life.
Author: Norma McCorvey Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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The spiritual/intellectual distance Roe falls below a Gandhi, a M.L. King, or many other symbolic persons is painfully obvious in her writing (we suppose Andy Meisler could write better but chose to retain the country flavor--or flatness). An un-heroic account of a very common lady swept along by outside forces. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Robin Marty Publisher: ISBN: 9781935439752 Category : LAW Languages : en Pages : 0
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2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's abortion decision in Roe v. Wade. In recent years, attempts to overturn the ruling have reached a fevered pitch, with nearly 100 new laws going into effect. The chilling effect of these laws has been to establish a reproductive health care system in these states that makes abortion legal in name only, and which places women - especially poor, rural or those of colour - into a separate health care class, with few choices or control. Featuring a foreword by Gloria Feldt.
Author: Carol L. Caudle Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0557572878 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 252
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Prosecuting Attorney, Roe Wilson and her partner, Alex Carter, are assigned to a highly delicate case involving a deaf-mute teenager. They must find the missing pieces to solving this puzzling crime entangled with rebellion, rejection, and revenge before the perpetrator can strike again.For sixteen year old Alicia Romero, being in a new neighborhood, attending a different high school, and having no friends were only the beginning of her haunting nightmares. Being limited in intellectual, emotional development and academic progress, Alicia had fallen victim to the malicious belittling of several prejudice students. Her untainted innocence had unfortunately made her the next victim targeted for a devastating and violating crime ' RAPE. This is an inspiring and remarkable story of one girl's faith, hope and dedication to God which strengthens her determination to stand firm against the enemy.
Author: Carol L. Caudle Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1257623079 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
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Roe's Vision: Shattered Dreams Living in a crime infested neighborhood where the police staff is limited, several young children have come up missing. Little ten year old Trina Thompson was riding her bicycle home from an evening with friends when she was abducted and hauled away into the murky shadows of the night. For the Thompson's, they must now share the same reality as the other frightened and frazzled parents of their community. With tons of unanswered questions, confusing and shattering thoughts, to collapsing hope, a call is put in for Prosecuting Attorney, Roe Wilson and her partner, Alex Carter to help bring their daughter Trina back home. Being forced to change her childlike appearance, her happy-go-lucky attitude and her innocent behavior, Trina is destined to never look at life the same way again. Go beyond the night of Trina's disappearance and travel along the dark paths of an unregistered sex offender. Enjoy reading www.lulu.com/spotlight/caudle_c
Author: Carol L. Caudle Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1794707476 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 172
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For a baby born dependent to Opioids his beginning would be painful, fearful and an unfair life. Moments after delivery, someone wrapped and stuffed Sage into a box, placing him in a closet of a restricted apartment building. Wandering the floors was an woman that heard Sage's frantic cries. Shortly thereafter, Sage had been taken to County General for examination, medical treatment and placed in the NICU ward. He was suffering from withdrawal symptoms, respiratory complications as well as yearning for his mother. Miss Eva Perez, Sage's birth mother has vanished. Leaving behind no evidence, clues or leads to help in tracking her. Eva, once finding out she was pregnant, sought treatment in an outpatient facility for her Heroin use. Meanwhile, Prosecuting Attorneys, Roe Wilson and Alex Carter were asked to help search for Eva. With concerns about her connection to a certain individual, Roe and Alex had to thread on thin ice. Being cautious not to spook and put this individual on the run.
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