introduction i think as i know to before this topic is always intrigued me partly because i have a son who s adopted and he was in an open relationship. and so there was a lot of dialogue with the birth mother about why she chose to have an adoption as opposed to an abortion and so it s been kind of close to my heart. it s also been something that s always been in the forefront as long as i can remember as a child. about abortion and i think it s interesting that you know, just a few a month ago roughly when i was reading the the rowe family in american story. we had basically the release of the draft version supposedly of the supreme court decision regarding this particular topic. so, i think it s really relevant today that we understand the topic better than what we normally. to hear about and this book does that you know, it provides an honest glimpse of norma mccovary who is jane rowe. her family those associated with the landmark case and those surrounding the right to l
introduction i think as i know to before this topic is always intrigued me partly because i have a son who s adopted and he was in an open relationship. and so there was a lot of dialogue with the birth mother about why she chose to have an adoption as opposed to an abortion and so it s been kind of close to my heart. it s also been something that s always been in the forefront as long as i can remember as a child. about abortion and i think it s interesting that you know, just a few a month ago roughly when i was reading the the rowe family in american story. we had basically the release of the draft version supposedly of the supreme court decision regarding this particular topic. so, i think it s really relevant today that we understand the topic better than what we normally. to hear about and this book does that you know, it provides an honest glimpse of norma mccovary who is jane rowe. her family those associated with the landmark case and those surrounding the right to l
to before this topic is always intrigued me partly because i have a son who s adopted and he was in an open relationship. and so there was a lot of dialogue with the birth mother about why she chose to have an adoption as opposed to an abortion and so it s been kind of close to my heart. it s also been something that s always been in the forefront as long as i can remember as a child. about abortion and i think it s interesting that you know, just a few a month ago roughly when i was reading the the rowe family in american story. we had basically the release of the draft version supposedly of the supreme court decision regarding this particular topic. so, i think it s really relevant today that we understand the topic better than what we normally. to hear about and this book does that you know, it provides an honest glimpse of norma mccovary who is jane rowe. her family those associated with the landmark case and those surrounding the right to life and pro-life movements. jos
was reading the the rowe family in american story. we had basically the release of the draft version supposedly of the supreme court decision regarding this particular topic. so, i think it s really relevant today that we understand the topic better than what we normally. to hear about and this book does that you know, it provides an honest glimpse of norma mccovary who is jane rowe. her family those associated with the landmark case and those surrounding the right to life and pro-life movements. joshua gives us a global perspective on how unintended and possibly unwanted pregnancies impact not only the individual but entire families. norma s family has a history as like many of our own which is mired in a complex relationships religion. sexual repression which leads to unintended consequences i think one of the things i always find that striking is that most people assume that norma was able to receive the abortion, right? they assume that with roe versus wage. she got the a
administrators have made hasty decisions school board members have jumped to conclusions based on out of context excerpts and librarians scrambled to play catch up to fight for our students rights. when books are removed communities lose the voice that that book represents. measuring the damage of lost voices is daunting and longitudinal we can measure the soaring rates of mental health disorders and adolescents many can directly correlate the teen mental health crisis to feelings of discontent loneliness and a lack of belonging. these are exactly the feelings that arise when we believe we are alone in what we are experiencing and these feelings can be especially brutal and and isolating and adolescence. the ability to learn about an appreciate the diversity of the human experience perspective and opinions is crucial to gaining a sense of belonging. we can gain this ability through our access to books and other resources. this is why a singular reaction to a book should never