“Without Apology”

Abstract

Like Imani, Walker had a young daughter and a lawyer husband, and she would also have two abortions in the years before Roe. FEATURES IN 1994, WHEN I WAS 10, MY MOST RELIABLE BABYSITTER - A HEXAGONAL TELE-vision set with two antennae - introduced me to the concept of abortion. Her first abortion was a clandestine procedure that cost a "thousand dollars, for which she would be in debt for years" and after which she hemorrhaged for weeks, while her second abortion was "seventy-five dollars…safe, quick, painless." Writing the abortion stories of working-class women with tenderness and exacting honesty, as Walker and Ernaux do, is essential to the reproductive rights movement. [Extracted from the article], Copyright of Nation is the property of Nation Company, L. P. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This a)