{"product_id":"we-choose-to-a-memoir-of-providing-abortion-care-before-during-and-after-roe-9781633310872","title":"We Choose to: A Memoir of Providing Abortion Care Before, During, and After Roe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlthough the Dallas Fire Department had saved the clinic, we were shaken and heartsick that our son had just spent Christmas Day at a crime scene. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI had performed my first abortion in the year Kyle was born, and though he had long supported our work, he now felt worried for us in ways he'd never expressed. As we stood near the ruins, breathing fresh air in gulps, he said, \"Do you have to keep doing this work?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe were both silent for long moments before I simply said, \"No. We choose to.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this deeply personal account, Dr. Curtis Boyd and Dr. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd reflect on their lives in abortion care, from the childhood experiences that shaped their paths to the Supreme Court decision that forced the closure of their Dallas clinic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Their stories begin in the 1960s, as Curtis opens a clandestine abortion practice while breaking with the beliefs of his Baptist family and Glenna pursues psychology while coming to understand the world of restrictive gender roles. When the two of them meet shortly after abortion is legalized, they bond over a common commitment to women, forming a professional and personal partnership that will weather the coming decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Choose To\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of that partnership, and the staff and patients that have shaped the history of modern abortion. In these pages, Curtis and Glenna share their holistic, morally rooted approach to their work. Led by a desire to empower patients, they advance abortion and mental health care further than ever even as they find themselves at the center of a controversial new issue in American life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sweeping, introspective, and deeply honest, \u003ci\u003eWe Choose To\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare portrait of abortion providers and the world in which they work, where abortion is not a talking point in a culture war but a private, even spiritual, act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Disruption Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633310872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Curtis Boyd, Glenna Halvorson-Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431962800309,"sku":"9781633310872","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_edc53f6f-8397-4c32-9f5a-6fafeb20b36f.jpg?v=1721139097","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-choose-to-a-memoir-of-providing-abortion-care-before-during-and-after-roe-9781633310872","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}