A woman's book of choices : abortion, menstrual extraction, RU-486 / Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer ; illustrations by Suzann Gage.

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, 1992.

xv, 271 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

First edition.

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Tho

Why this book is necessary -- Finding an abortion provider -- Information networks -- The best available abortion care -- Back to the bad old days? -- The development of menstrual extraction -- Friendship groups -- Two menstrual extractions -- The legality of menstrual extraction -- Herbs and other traditional methods of fertility control -- Folk remedies that are dangerous and don't work -- Is RU-486 the wave of the future? -- What practitioners need to know about abortion complications -- Del-EM.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.