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Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion

Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion

by Karen E. Bender, Nina De Gramont

CHOICE explores the one of the most polarizing political issues of our time reproductive choice. CHOICE attempts to raise the discourse on reproductive choice, which often devolves to clichÃ©s and name-calling, by posing the question--what is it like to make any sort of reproductive choice? What is it truly like to use birth control, the morning after pill, use a sperm bank, have an abortion, adopt a child,... (more)

Family Planning

by Karan Mahajan

Rakesh Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: thirteen children and another on the way; a wife who mourns the loss of her favorite TV star; and a teenaged son with some really strong opinions about family planning. To make matters worse, looming over this comical farrago are secrets—both personal and political—that threaten to push the Ahuja household into disastrous turmoil.... (more)

PLANNING YOUR FAMILY the Complete Guide to contraception and FertilityAlan F. Guttmacher

PLANNING YOUR FAMILY the Complete Guide to contraception and Fertility

by Alan Frank Guttmacher

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

by Ann Fessler

A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrendered children for adoption in the several decades before Roe v. Wade In this deeply moving work, Ann Fessler brings to light the lives of hundreds of thousands of young single American women forced to give up their newborn children in the years following World War II and before Roe v. Wade . The Girls Who... (more)

Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood

Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood

by George Grant

GRAND ILLUSIONS is a dramatic and challenging wake-up call to complacent Christians. -- Paige Comstock Cunningham, Attorney GRAND ILLUSIONS is a dramatic and challenging wake-up call to complacent Christians. -- Paige Comstock Cunningham, Attorney GRAND ILLUSIONS should be a key resource for everyone who works in, or supports the pro-life movement. -- Colleen Parro, Republican National Coalition for Life ... (more)

Promises Are for KeepingAnn Rinaldi

Promises Are for Keeping

by Ann Rinaldi

When orphaned Nicki, nearly fifteen, is caught stealing birth control pills from her brother Larry's office, her already-troubled relationships with her older brothers, both her guardians, become even more complicated.

Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Revised Edition): The Global Politics of Population Control

Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Revised Edition): The Global Politics of Population Control

by Betsy Hartmann

This revised edition of a feminist classic adds new information on AIDS, contraception, and the anti-abortion movement as it probes world patterns of population and reproduction control and its meaning for the future. Rapid population growth is here linked to economic and social problems in chapters which provide strong keys to understanding world population patterns. -- Midwest Book Review

A Mom Just Like You

by Vickie Farris

Let's face it...the bulk of home schooling falls on mom's shoulders. Although very rewarding, it is not an easy task. No one knows this better than home schooling mother of 10, Vickie Farris. Through her warm, practical style, Farris, will fill you with encouragement and practical suggestions for those days when the challenge seems overwhelming. And for those thinking of embarking on the home school adventure,... (more)

Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman

Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman

by Paul Buhle, Sharon Rudahl

The anarchist and radical hero Emma Goldman, brought to vivid life in a graphic biography by an acclaimed artist. "You are a terrible child and will grow into a worse woman! You have no respect for your elders or for authority! You will surely end on the gallows as a public menace!" —Emma Goldman's childhood religion teacher A wonderful retelling of the famous anarchist and radical icon Emma Goldman's... (more)

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