Research & Perspectives

The History of Abortion

A brief overview of the History of abortion, including the Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Chronology of Abortion in US

Landmarks in abortion, both legal precedents and violence toward abortion providers.

Study of Men in the Waiting Room

A research article on men's experience in the abortion process by Arthur B. Shostak, Drexel University; Ross Koppel, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Perkins, Kenyon College

Men Have Needs too

Men's reproductive health needs.

Men Preventing Unintended Pregnancy

An article by Brian Nguyen, Men Can Help Prevent Unintended Pregnancy, Too"

Asking More from Men

Article about Men and Abortion by Arthur Shostak: "On Asking More from Men: Reducing Abortion's Toll."

Abortion Clinics as Contraception Schoolrooms

Arthur Shostak calls for more contraceptive education for men by abortion clinics.

Answers to Student Interview

Abortion Care Network director answers questions about abortion put to her by students.

We Have Met the Enemy and S/he is Us

A thought provoking essay by ACN member Peg Johnston about what each of us can do in our everyday lives to challenge the stigma of abortion.

Opting Out of the Abortion War

A two part essay analyzing the abortion conflict by Peg Johnston. It was previously published in Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion (2002) by Krista Jacob.

Are You In the Know?

Link to Guttmacher Institute's informative website In the Know, which offers facts about abortion, contraception, etc.

Why It's Important to Vote

The Abortion Care Network presents the story of women's struggle in the early part of the 20th century to win the vote and why it's important that women vote.

Virginia

A poster by Abortion Care Network members Heather Ault, an artist and creator of 4000 Years for Choice and Jeannie Ludlow, PhD a women's studies professor on the history of denying women reproductive justice in the state of Virginia.