{"product_id":"this-common-secret-susan-wicklund-9781586486471","title":"This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brave account of the social and political forces that threaten a woman's right to choose, this emotionally affecting memoir from a doctor on the front lines of the abortion debate reveals what's really at stake in the Supreme Court\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In America the reproductive justice debate is reaching a new pitch, with the Supreme Court weighted against women's choice and state legislatures passing bills to essentially outlaw the practice of abortion. With \u003ci\u003eThis Common Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Susan Wicklund chronicles her twenty-year career in the vanguard of the abortion war. Growing up in working-class rural Wisconsin, Susan made the painful decision to have an abortion at a young age. It was not until she became a doctor that she realized how many women shared her ordeal of an unwanted pregnancy. . . and how hidden this common experience remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, in this raw and riveting true story, Susan and the patients she's treated share the complex, anguished, and empowering emotions that drove their own choices. Hers is a calling that means sleeping on planes and commuting between clinics in different states -- and that requires her to wear a bulletproof vest and to carry a .38 caliber revolver. \u003ci\u003eThis Common Secret\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the truth about the reproductive health clinics that anti-abortion activists mischaracterize as damaging and unsafe. This intimate memoir explains how social stigma and restrictive legislation can isolate women who are facing difficult personal choices -- and how we as a nation can, and must, support them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Wicklund, Alan Kesselheim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586486470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586486471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Susan Wicklund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048381477119,"sku":"9781586486471","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a361f556-570c-4ee1-a4b4-c930f38bcaa7.jpg?v=1684995459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-common-secret-susan-wicklund-9781586486471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}