Articles of Faith A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars [Paperback]

Nominated for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize,Articles of Faithis a powerful exploration of one of the most divisive issues in our recent political history, and the only book to portray the passion of both sides of the abortion conflict.
Drawing from more than five hundred interviews as well as previously unseen archival material, Cynthia Gorney has written a compelling narrative that explores the years betweenRoev.Wade(1973) andWilliam L. Websterv.Reproductive Health Services(1989), the first case to challenge the Roe decision before an anti-Roecourt.
Meet Judith Widdicombe, the registered nurse who runs the abortion underground in 1960s St. Louis and then the first legal clinic afterRoev.Wade.And meet Samuel Lee, a young pacifist and would-be seminarian whose provocative abortion bill becomes the centerpiece ofWilliam L. Websterv.Reproductive Health Services.The Supreme Court case brings the two advocates head-to-head.Cynthia Gorneywas a reporter forThe Washington Postfrom 1975 to 1991 and was its South American Bureau Chief from 1980 to 1982. She is Associate Professor of Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
Contents

PART ONE: THE PHONE ON THE PORCH

1 Codes

2 The Wedge

3 Heaven and Earth

4 The Writing in the Heart

5 Exhibit A

6 The Ruling

7 The Target

PART TWO: A HOUSE AFIRE

8 The Education of the Pharisee

9 A Lesser of Evils

10 A House Afire

PART THREE: THE SEVENTH QUESTION

11 The Litmus Test

12 The Count

13 The Seventh Question

14 Zealots

Epilogue

Sources

Notes

IndexWendy KaminerThe Boston GlobeCynthia Gorney has written a gripping, comprehensive history of the abortion war that ought to become a classic.Elizabeth MehrenLos Angeles TimeslC*