Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now (Jacobin)

Without Apology is a comprehensive guide for building a fighting feminist movement for reproductive freedom.

Drawing on a century of legal abortion in the US, this book recounts women's experiences during illegal days and highlights successful strategies from radical groups like Redstockings and the Jane Collective.

Brown argues that politically conservative nonprofits have dominated the agenda, relying on rhetoric of choice and privacy.

Instead, the book emphasizes the fundamental ideas that won legal abortion in the first place: publicly telling the full truth of women's experiences, demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions, and recognizing abortion and birth control as key demands in the struggle for women's freedom.

Without Apology offers a road map for today's organizers, emphasizing the black feminist argument for reproductive justice and recent mass movements to repeal Ireland's abortion ban.

This book will inspire concerned individuals to become activists and help beleaguered activists remember why they started fighting in the first place.