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The Importance of Abortion in the United States
Caroll Joffy is a professor at the university of california, san francisco. Her most recent book is called obstacle course, the everyday struggle to get an abortion in america. It's hard to pinpoint exactly how many illegal abortions were being carried out in this period. Estimates ranged from 200 thousand to one point two million per there was a cone of silence around it. Many women were too afraid to talk about their experiences, fearing both legal and social consequences.