Introduction

Jennie brown uncovers a century of legal abortion in the united states until 18 73. She recalls women's experiences in the illegal day s and shows how the women's liberation movement of the 19 sixties really won abortion rights. Brown argues that politically conserv non prophets have been setting the agenda, emphasizing rare tragic cases or relying on rhetoric of choice and privacy. It is time to return to the fundamental ideas that won legalabortion in the first place,. Women blicly telling the full truth of their own experience by demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions. Abortion and birth control are the key demands in the struggle for women's freedom.