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Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion (2007)

av Karen E. Bender (Redaktör), Nina de Gramont (Redaktör)

Andra författare: Stephanie Andersen (Bidragsgivare), Karen E. Bender (Bidragsgivare), Nina de Gramont (Bidragsgivare), Janet Mason Ellerby (Bidragsgivare), Carolyn Ferrell (Bidragsgivare)19 till, Denise Gess (Bidragsgivare), Katie Allison Granju (Bidragsgivare), Kimi Faxon Hemingway (Bidragsgivare), Sandy Hingston (Bidragsgivare), Ann Hood (Bidragsgivare), Pam Houston (Bidragsgivare), Velina Hasu Houston (Bidragsgivare), Susan Ito (Bidragsgivare), K.A.C. (Bidragsgivare), Elizabeth Larsen (Bidragsgivare), Kate Majoy (Bidragsgivare), Deborah McDowell (Bidragsgivare), Sarah Messer (Bidragsgivare), Jacquelyn Mitchard (Bidragsgivare), Catherine Newman (Bidragsgivare), Francine Prose (Bidragsgivare), Ashley Talley (Bidragsgivare), Katherine Towler (Bidragsgivare), Harriette E. Wimms (Bidragsgivare)

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What is it like to make any sort of reproductive choice? What is it truly like to use birth control, the morning after pill, use a sperm bank, have an abortion, adopt a child, give a child up for adoption, bring a pregnancy to term? In these 22 stunningly honest essays, writers describe their experiences making some of these decisions, as well as many others. Established writers such as Francine Prose, Jaquelyn Mitchard, Pam Houston, Carolyn Ferrell, Ann Hood, Deborah Macdowell, and Sarah Messer contribute essays, along with emerging writers such as Kimi Faxon Hemingway, Stephanie Anderson, and Ashley Talley.--From amazon.com.… (mer)
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Finished Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion. This is a collection of essays edited by Bender and de Gramont. Like most collections of essays, some are spectacular and some are just okay, hence, the 3 out of 5 rating.

I believe that this book should be read by anyone who cares about reproductive rights and politics, whether they are "pro-choice" or "pro-life". The most important lessons I learned from these essays are these: "choice" is about a lot more than choosing between getting an abortion or carrying a child to term, and reproductive choices are rarely made flippantly or "just for convenience". If nothing else, this book taught me that anyone who thinks that the issue of choice is easy and clearcut is unlikely to have read the stories of real women who have had to make reproductive choices. Abortion is not easy but neither is giving a child up for adoption or keeping it. Fertility treatments are expensive and emotionally exhausting. Being or using a surrogate mother has a social stigma that can ruin lives. And sometimes the choice to adopt is made possible only because some other woman was denied the chance to keep a child she wanted to love.

This is best illustrated with passages from some of the essays that affected me the most.

From "The Ballad of Bobbie Jo" by Jacquelyn Mitchard, discussing the woman who had chosen to be a surrogate mother for the author of the essay,
She carried out son, Atticus — conceived through in vitro fertilization at a clinic in our home state — to a healthy, full-term birth. She endured stinging criticism from friends and strangers, a cesarean birth, and a brutal legal judgment to proudly fulfill all her obligations to us — although fulfilling all her obligations to us cost her everything she thought was real and brought down criticism on all our heads.
Bobbie Jo chose to be a surrogate mother. When her husband, who had initially agreed, changed his mind part way through the pregnancy, he convinced the judge in their small southern town that Bobbie Jo was not fit to take care of her own two children.

From "If" by Susan Ito, the story of a mother who was forced to choose between her own life and that of her desperately wanted child,
"Baby needs at least two more weeks for viability. He's already too small, way too small. But you…" He looked at me sadly, shook his head. "You probably can't survive two weeks without having a stroke, seizures, worse." He meant I could die.



I signed the papers of consent, my hand moving numbly across the paper, my mind screaming, I do not consent. I do not, I do not.

In the evening, Weiss's associate entered with a tray, a syringe, and a nurse with mournful eyes.

"It's just going to be a be a sting," he said.

And it was: a small tingle, quick pricking bubbles under my navel and then a thing like a tiny drinking straw that went in and out with a barely audible pop. It was so fast. I thought, I love you, I love you, you must be hearing this, please hear me.


From "BEARING SORROW: A Birthmother's Reflections on Choice" by Janet Mason Ellerby, Ellerby was a pregnant teenager in the 60s. She was forced to give up her child for adoption, and this scarred her for life. This is just after she found out she was pregnant.
My body was not my own; perhaps it never had been. When it had escaped my parents control, Alec had immediately taken it up, and when he had abandoned it, a baby had claimed it. It may sound as if I am unwilling to take responsibility for my actions, but in fact, I did not completely understand that my body was my own dominion, that I could say what did and did not happen to it. In significant ways, women were not led to believe that they owned their bodies — the state, their husbands, or their fathers did. I willingly handed my body and my future back to my parents. Their money and authority took over, and I surrendered all bids at self-control I would not be allowed to make another decision for a long, long time.


I could go on. But the gist of all the essays is this: Reproduction and building a family is complicated, and the choices involved are not the clearcut, black and white, simple choices that advocates on both sides of the "choice" debate want you to think they are. Although we can debate which choices should be legal, what is certain is this: women need the freedom to make choices and the knowledge and support that will allow them to make the choices that are right for them. ( )
  eri_kars | Jul 10, 2022 |
This is an incredible collection of essays, all written by wildly different women with a vast array of experiences and yet there is a single voice that comes out of all the stories. A voice that not just asks but demands choice and help and hope when it comes to women's bodies and their lives. The raw honesty and emotional depth with which each woman tackled her story, her experience, her choices (or lack of) is astounding as is the humor and wit that is constant alongside of the horror and grief.

I loved the essay by the woman in her 50's who'd chosen not to have children, as a woman in her early 30's who is in the process of making that choice it is a great support. I believe this book is a must read for everyone, really, everyone. ( )
1 rösta Clare.Davitt | Aug 5, 2013 |
Interesting, sometimes heart-wrenching short stories, fast read. Makes me happy to be a woman with choices, however hard they may be to make. ( )
  twryan72 | Aug 18, 2008 |
Excellent book! I'm not sure what more to say (Actually, that's a lie. I have plenty more to say but I could go on for days so I'll keep it simple here.) except that I think that all of the women chosen for this anthology did a really great job at clearly articulating what it means to be pro-choice and how important it is that people are given full autonomy over their lives.

As with any book I read with this type of subject matter, I appreciated the honesty with which these women spoke. A lot of the essays were very heart-wrenching and a few of them had me tearing up. The last time I found myself in an ongoing dejected state and was move to tears while reading a book was when I read The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler, also an excellent book on reproductive choice.

I was very surprised by the fact that the writing for the majority of the essays was engaging, fluid, and beautiful. There really was not one I didn't like or whose writing style I couldn't get into. I found this book very hard to put down and honestly, I'm sad it's over. I would have loved to have read more.

My favorite essays were Bearing Sorrow: A Birthmother's Reflections on Choice by Janet Mason Ellerby, Personal Belongings by Kimi Faxon Hemingway, and A Complicated Privilege by Elizabeth Larsen. ( )
1 rösta paperdoll | Mar 20, 2008 |
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Författarens namnRollTyp av författareVerk?Status
Bender, Karen E.Redaktörprimär författarealla utgåvorbekräftat
de Gramont, NinaRedaktörhuvudförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Andersen, StephanieBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Bender, Karen E.Bidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
de Gramont, NinaBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Ellerby, Janet MasonBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Ferrell, CarolynBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Gess, DeniseBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Granju, Katie AllisonBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Hemingway, Kimi FaxonBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Hingston, SandyBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Hood, AnnBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Houston, PamBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Houston, Velina HasuBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Ito, SusanBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
K.A.C.Bidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Larsen, ElizabethBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Majoy, KateBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
McDowell, DeborahBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Messer, SarahBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Mitchard, JacquelynBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Newman, CatherineBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Prose, FrancineBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Talley, AshleyBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Towler, KatherineBidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Wimms, Harriette E.Bidragsgivaremedförfattarealla utgåvorbekräftat
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What is it like to make any sort of reproductive choice? What is it truly like to use birth control, the morning after pill, use a sperm bank, have an abortion, adopt a child, give a child up for adoption, bring a pregnancy to term? In these 22 stunningly honest essays, writers describe their experiences making some of these decisions, as well as many others. Established writers such as Francine Prose, Jaquelyn Mitchard, Pam Houston, Carolyn Ferrell, Ann Hood, Deborah Macdowell, and Sarah Messer contribute essays, along with emerging writers such as Kimi Faxon Hemingway, Stephanie Anderson, and Ashley Talley.--From amazon.com.

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