"I honor and care for patients who want to end pregnancies I'm an abortion doctor, and I refuse to mask my work in qualifications or apologies. What I do is right and good and important. Perhaps my story will appall some, but it also may inspire others..." -from Why I Am An Abortion Doctor
Pro-life and pro-choice advocates have had their say in America's highly emotional debate over abortion, but the public remains dangerously uninformed about a very important side of the story. Few of us know what does and does not go on inside an abortion clinic and fewer still are aware of the many and varied reasons why a doctor would specialize in providing this service. In this candid account, Dr. Suzanne T. Poppema shares intimate details about her life and work in an effort to promote better understanding of the reality of abortion and the violent forces that threaten a woman's right to choose. Why I Am An Abortion Doctoroffers a view from a clinic operating room and includes valuable, up-to-the-minute information on the abortion pill known as RU 486, for which Dr. Poppema's clinic has served as an FDA test site.
Dr. Poppema's riveting personal experience with abortion adds a powerful dimension to her role as a female physician from a prestigious school who rejected lucrative specialities to enter family medicine.
This sure-to-be controversial book includes poignant accounts from women who have gone to Dr. Poppema's clinic for abortions. Why I Am An Abortion Doctor is a must read not only for every woman, but for anyone who feels strongly about either side of the abortion issue.
Suzanne T. Poppema, M.D. owns and operates Aurora Medical Services. She is a board member of the National Abortion Federation.
Mike Henderson is a faculty member of the University of Washington School of Communications. He also writes for the Herald, the Washington Post-owned newspaper in the Seattle area.
An affecting, outspoken autobiographical memoir and a veritable manual for women considering abortion...,' -Publishers Weekly
266 pages
ISBN 1-57392-045-2
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