For this really important conversation, not just about this book about but about the challenge year that have of bringing people and our country together. Elizabeth, youre this book is it was a thrill for me to read it in part because theres a little confirmation bias on with me. I think a lot of what youre talking about are things that ive experienced personally coming Rural America, but also things ive been talking a lot about and to have someone write, book and provide all of this incredible research and Data Analysis that you do in this book, that confirms what weve been saying for a long time, which is that we arent all that different in this country. And so a first question that i have for because i looked at your bio and youve written about art in new york, youve written about celebrity, youve written about a lot of different topics but you havent written before about america. And so as the daughter of danville, what drove you to write this book . Oh, thats a question, senator h
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