There are no reliable figures on abortion, since few women who have one talk about it, either publicly or privately. As a result, aggressive debates and a nebulous legal situation determine society’s approach to this highly personal topic.
(No) Mother tells the stories of 12 women who have had an abortion. The book gives them space to talk about the circumstances of their pregnancy, the brooding, and the difficult search for information and medical care. About the moment they made the decision, and how the abortion changed their relationship to themselves and to those around them. They are stories of pain and despair, of self-assertion and liberation.
Jeanne Diesteldorf had an abortion and kept quiet about it for years. Her extraordinary book is a decisive plea for a woman’s right to choose.
