Writing the History of Legal Abortion.

I also pointed out how they used the fetal body metaphorically, attributing consciousness and intent to it as they described the experience of an abortion from the perspective of the fetus.[4] It was much more difficult to find out what abortion providers and women seeking abortion care thought. Indeed, the argument that abortion provision is "conscientious" was first supported by sociologist Carole Joffe, who showed that skilled mainstream physicians offered safe and compassionate abortion care before I Roe i . I started to research the history of legal abortion in the early 2000s, when the papers of a North Carolina abortion provider, Dr. Takey Crist, fell into my lap. While abortion providers and women seeking abortion care have eloquently articulated why access to abortion is necessary and moral, the stigma that surrounds abortion care has continued to keep these voices hidden inside abortion clinics. [Extracted from the article]