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SUMMARY:Authors of Book on How Abortion Politics Impacts Marginalized Peopl
 e Speak at Mac's Backs
DESCRIPTION:\nThu 8/7 @ 7PM\nPreterm Cleveland and Mac’s Backs on Coventr
 y are hosting a book discussion and signing with the authors of Liberating
  Abortion\, Renee B. Sherman and Regina Mahone\, taking place at Mac’s B
 ack.\nWhy should you attend?  \nIf you care about reproductive rights and
  reproductive justice. If you care about people being denied their rights.
  If you’ve just finished a book about abortion that doesn’t reflect yo
 ur experience. Then this book and this discussion is for YOU. This necessa
 ry book eloquently answers that  “…we have to…stop settling for goo
 d enough. We need to end the struggle altogether and build toward abortion
  liberation.”  (Liberating Abortion\, Introduction\, page 2)\nWho gets 
 an abortion?\nEveryone and anyone. The authors focus on people of color\, 
 young people\, trans people\, the differently abled\, LGBTQ+ folks\, Medic
 aid recipients — all those people whose stories have been ignored\, eras
 ed\, relegated to footnotes\, overlooked by the reproductive historians\, 
 left out of mainstream political discussions of abortion.\nThis all-inclus
 ive book is a reference manual for everyone: the person new to political a
 ction\, the person who had to struggle every step of the way to get a need
 ed abortion\, the politician deciding to make real change\, the longtime a
 ctivist.\nThe authors wrote Liberating Abortion to share this vital inform
 ation: moving abortion experiences told by real people — stories of blac
 k repro justice activists —  and why sharing stories is so vital and ne
 cessary\; the true definitions of the most common abortion procedures\; ho
 w denial of reproductive justice has caused irreparable damage\; the race 
 and class issues of abortion accessibility\; how “abortionsplaining” h
 as caused the spread of lies and contributed to the passing of countless a
 bortion bans\; why realistic and honest sex education must be taught in al
 l schools — all the truths that mainstream abortion politicians and lite
 rature activism do not speak.\nRead the introduction and Chapter 13\, “L
 iberating Abortion.” Then read the rest of the book. Then read those two
  sections again. I weep when I read those pages — for the truths that we
 re never told\, for the poignancy of the exclusions and pain\, for the det
 ailed analysis of the abortion stigma and how hurtful it is to everyone.\n
 Liberating Abortion opens my eyes and gives me HOPE! This book will serve 
 as a tool for conversations and education\; as an action plan to end abort
 ion stigma\; as an inspiration and with guidelines for community activism.
 \nLiberating Abortion is s powerful book gives us the weapons we need to f
 ight and to win our reproductive rights\, our reproductive justice and our
  freedom.\nRegister for the free event here.\n\n[Written by Donna Shimko]\
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